My very best friend started going to another hairdreser when I spent 7 months off, for treatment for an illness 2 1/2 years ago. With isolation Ive not seen her till today. She showed me her short broken hair from chemical damage. I questioned her about what was happening when she had what she thought was just semi permanent colour.It was obvious that she has been having permanent tint through her long hair every visit. Little wonder she has this very sad mess. Now its up to me to fix. I told her that once the hair is out of your head its dead. All I can do is hopefully strengthen it and prevent more breakage. Hairdressers need to realise the damage that can be caused from using chemicals on,the hair. Ultimately as hairdressers we must accept the responsibility.

As a cosmetology instructor, it is so important to me to be able to explain everything you’ve stated here in a way that encourages my future professionals to learn what products actually do and how to use them properly. That way they’ll be able to educate their guests, which builds loyalty.
It disturbs me that stylists will send guests home with high dollar products just for the commission when they could be educating their guests & building that trust, which will keep that guest coming back for years.
Great information! Stated plainly and simply. Thank you!

Hi Josh…it is SO hard to find good info on hair damage. As in REAL SCIENCE. (Where do you get your info? This is a great article!) I know hair can’t be repaired but where is the science? And why are products even allowed to be sold as “repairs”? Talk about fraud. I got a keratin treatment nearly 5 years ago. It was a disaster. My whole head of hair got fried. I was absolutely devastated. It took me many years to grow it to the length it was at that time (30"). My goal was to make it more manageable. I refused to cut it off…you know how hard that is to do! So here I am in 2020 still growing it out, almost there. 30" is about 6 years of outgrowth time for Caucasian hair. I see mixed reviews about keratin. Some ladies have good experiences and other disasters like mine. I filed an insurance claim with the salon’s carrier…we failed to reach a settlement so I sued them. Not that I wanted it to go that way but…I refuse to be ripped off and made to suffer. I wish more ladies would stand up for themselves by not allowing these crooks off the hook. (The salon is a HUGE chain…and that was my first big mistake! But the price was way more affordable and I guess I got what I paid for.)

I have experienced the problem of hair damage for a long time. I have tried many oils and shampoos but have not found any of them to be effective. And I will try these tips for sure!
Hrelate

Thank you for your open explanation about hair. I always knew what you say is true but it is so hard to explain it to someone who has been brainwashed by so much media, especially the young and impressionable, who are looking to attract attention and don’t care how they achieve that attention. Those who want long straight hair at any cost because it is “better” than any curly short or hair that “isn’t as good”. Kids need lots of education about advertising and marketing and how it speaks to the public and sets the lies about products and our bodies, sometimes for life. Kids need encouragement about ways they can see themselves in a favorable light for who they are and love that person, not want to look different or be something different from who and what they are. God made us all to be our most beautiful and most perfect selves in his eyes. Those are the eyes we should attempt to look through, not the ones of the big world of competition, external beauty and trying to be like everyone someone thinks is better than everyone else. Who is better, anyone, really?