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It is hard to look after your hair, especially with the summer’s scorching heat and high humidity levels. Your hair becomes damaged, they are mostly tied up tightly in a bun and there is almost no way to get rid of the frizz. However, this is precisely why so many hair straightening salons exist out there.

But the question that arises is which is the best hair straightening method out there? There are countless ways to straighten your hair, it can get confusing sometimes.

Most Common Hair Straightening Methods

In this article, we have made a list of various hair straightening methods you can use.

Flat Iron

Perhaps the most common hair straightening method is to use a flat iron. We all have straightening irons at home. Flat irons do straighten your hair temporarily for a few hours or so, but they certainly are not equivalent to any proper hair straightening treatment. The daily exposure to heat from a flat iron also damages your hair and makes it brittle over time.

A small tip to reduce the damage is to use the flat iron when your hair is completely dry. However, the daily exposure will still affect your hair very badly. But let us be honest. Flat irons not only damage your hair, they also take a lot of your time every day. Sometimes, people do not have enough time to straighten their hair every morning and hence they are stuck with their frizzy hair for the rest of the day. Semi-permanent hair straightening treatments solve that problem for you.

Hair Rebonding

You may have heard of the term “hair rebonding”, but you still might not know what it means. Hair rebonding is a treatment that aims at making your hair straight and shiny. It works for super curly hair too. The entire point of hair rebonding is to break the existing structure of the human hair and to re-bond it. This means it creates new bonds that make your hair straighter.

However, hair rebonding can damage your hair overtime too. Therefore, you can only get it done once in a while. Moreover, it looks good initially but when your hair grows a little, the treatment becomes a little obvious.

Keratin treatment

Thanks to the ever-evolving fashion industry, we have found various other treatments other than hair rebonding or chemical straightening. Keratin treatment is one of the most popular treatments these days. It uses the natural hair protein, keratin, to straighten the hair. It adds a layer of keratin on the hair to make your hair straighter, shinier and frizz-free.

A flat iron is used to seal the keratin into your hair. This treatment also lasts a little longer than other treatments and is comparatively safer. However, one concern people had with keratin treatments is its use of a carcinogen, formaldehyde. But that is nothing to worry about, since there are now formaldehyde-free treatments too.

One thing to keep in mind is that formaldehyde-free treatments may not last as long or even give the same results. However, they are still better than any other hair straightening methods so far. Other than this, keratin treatment does not damage your hair as much as rebonding or heat from the flat iron does. This means you can get keratin treatments done repeatedly. Because of its many benefits, keratin treatments are also more expensive as compared to other hair straightening methods.

Conclusion

There are various hair straightening treatments out there, and with each day passing, new methods and trends keep springing up. It’s your choice which method to use. However, make sure you are aware of both its pros and cons. In this regard, you can also get consultancy from a keratin treatment salon Rockville near you.

 

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