Brilio.net - There are many beauty treatments carried out with the aim of perfecting your appearance. One of them is hair smoothing which is done to make hair look smoother and straighter.
As the name suggests, smoothing is straightening hair with the aim of making hair softer, looser, less tangled and less stiff. The smoothing method is carried out without changing the hair structure completely, and only uses special chemical drugs.
Even though it can last up to 6 months, hair that has gone through the smoothing process certainly needs extra care. This is because the smoothing process still uses chemicals which of course can have a bad effect on your hair.
Exposure to chemicals in smoothing products will enter your hair and change the structure and bonds of the hair. This is what causes the shape of the hair to change after smoothing. However, this process often makes hair brittle and drier.
Well, one TikTok user with the account name @moms_alka experienced hair damage due to smoothing . Through his upload, the account owner shared the story of his hair turning into like a porcupine's quill because it broke after smoothing it.
photo: TikTok/@moms_alka
" I really regret smooting home service... but the quality is really bad, " he wrote in the description of the uploaded video, which briliobeauty.net quoted from the TikTok account @moms_alka, Friday (28/6).
The story begins when he decided to do smoothing about 2 months before experiencing hair breakage. At that time, she chose to use a home service rather than going to a beauty salon.
" Because at that time I was feeling lazy, so the story goes that I wanted to queue at the salon, because smoothing took a long time, " said the account owner.
The smoothing process went well with good results too. The reason is, at that time the account owner felt that the results of smoothing his hair were quite good. But apparently, after a month his hair started to break and become very brittle. What's worse, over time more and more of his hair breaks and some of it falls out. It is suspected that the home service provider did not use smoothing products according to the regulations.
photo: TikTok/@moms_alka
As a result, the account owner's hair looks like porcupine quills. Especially in the middle of the head towards the back. Not only that, the other strands of her hair also felt very brittle and almost broken, so her hair was getting thinner and making her quite frustrated.
Well, from several comments on the video, many people experienced similar conditions and said that this happened due to the smoothing process taking too long. Not only that, the use of too much and harsh smoothing medication, as well as the straightening process, can also cause hair to break after smoothing.
photo: TikTok/@moms_alka
The reason is, the chemical fluid used in the hair smoothing process will open the hair cuticle and then renovate its original structure. This process of opening the cuticle will indeed make the hair feel soft and slippery. However, without further care, hair has the potential to become reddish, dry and dull.
Apart from changing the hair structure, the smoothing process can also make hair become brittle and fall out. So that this doesn't happen, you need to pay attention to several things before smoothing your hair. Such as knowing the type of hair, the medicine used, and choosing a professional expert.
Not only that, you also need to take extra care, such as diligently using hair oil, hair vitamins, conditioner and special shampoo, and avoiding styling your hair using tools that are too hot.