Relaxers (this post will be boring)

This past week our focus was on Relaxers. So with your typical relaxer the pH level is extremely alkaline. You have your Thio relaxers which have a pH of 10 or higher and go in and break the disulfide bonds and allow the hair to take a straight form. After the chemical has sat on the hair for allotted time you then go in and neutralize with a Thio neutralizer. There are also hydroxide relaxers which have a pH of  13 or higher. These relaxers can not be used on clients who have previously had thio relaxers as the two chemicals are not compatibale. The hydroxide relaxers are neutralized with an acid based shampoo. Next we have our Japenese Thermal Treatments and Keratin straightening. I dont really recall very much about the japenese thermal treatment as we have learned it in detail yet. But the keratin treatments were considered unsafe as when you put the chimcal in you then used a very high heat straightner to lock in the chemical. The chemical used in keratin treatments has furmaldahyde in it and was first said un safe to use by OSHA. however now salons can use this product if they have an OSHA approved ventilation system.  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
   I got a 100 percent on my Virgin Application of the Thio Relaxer as well as a 100% on the retouch application finishing the virgin in 30 minutes and the retouch in 25 minutes. I dont have any pictures of either of these sadly. :(