I Think I'm Going to Have............Keratin

**Number 3** · February 2nd, 2013, 12:45 PM

I have frizzy hair and it looks I can't ever use the flat iron as it damages my hair.

My dermatologist said it doesn't damage the hair or causes hair loss if its done on good healthy hair. If you already have bad hair or have hair loss issues you should skip the treatment.

Anyone had it?
What are your thoughts?

**littlestarface** · February 2nd, 2013, 01:08 PM

How do you have keratin done to it??

**teal** · February 2nd, 2013, 01:16 PM

My understanding is that frizzy hair is often curly hair which is being handled as though it's straight hair. It's not the same, and shouldn't be treated the same. There's a wurly/curly thread here somewhere with some great tips, both on determining the level of curl and what to do with it. It helped me!

**leslissocool** · February 2nd, 2013, 01:22 PM

Yeah my hair has to be treated like curly, it has curl. If I don't it becomes a crazy poof ball.

**Kaelee** · February 2nd, 2013, 01:27 PM

Keratin itself is protein, it won't damage the hair. But a lot of those "keratin treatments" DO damage it, not to mention being all sorts of toxic.

**littlestarface** · February 2nd, 2013, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Kaelee

Keratin itself is protein, it won't damage the hair. But a lot of those "keratin treatments" DO damage it, not to mention being all sorts of toxic.

How do you the keratin without the damage?

**Oldfashioned** · February 2nd, 2013, 02:04 PM

Have you thought about trying Cassia? I had SUPER frizzy hair before I tried henna last week and my hair is wonderful now! Cassia should help with your hair the same way just without the color... something to think about anyway. I would imagine it's less expensive too so what do you got to lose?

**leslissocool** · February 2nd, 2013, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by littlestarface

How do you the keratin without the damage?

I got something on ebay that was a keratin protein treatment you put on your conditioner. You could blow fry and straighten to seal it or it took a while to air dry but you could. I did it, it worked wonders on my fried hair even without heat.

It's the blowdry and the straighter that could damage if not done right.

**lapushka** · February 2nd, 2013, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Kaelee

Keratin itself is protein, it won't damage the hair. But a lot of those "keratin treatments" DO damage it, not to mention being all sorts of toxic.

I strongly suspect the OP is talking about "keratin treatments", and those are very damaging.

Why not go search the wurly/curly thread and learn how to deal with frizzy, wurly, curly hair with other means than damaging ones?

**littlestarface** · February 2nd, 2013, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by leslissocool

I got something on ebay that was a keratin protein treatment you put on your conditioner. You could blow fry and straighten to seal it or it took a while to air dry but you could. I did it, it worked wonders on my fried hair even without heat.

It's the blowdry and the straighter that could damage if not done right.

hmm I wonder if a heat cap would help seal it in too? Thank you for this info