Night Listening | "Protein correction" can cause cancer? Hair care advice: do this!

How to avoid pitfalls when getting a haircut? Pay attention to this new item! A new trend has emerged recently. Have you heard of "protein correction"? It is said that it can create long and smooth hair like a waterfall. Can it "correct" the hair to the best condition as advertised? Let's take a look.

In fact, protein correction is not a real "correction", but a kind of hair "styling" as we know it. The same principle is used in the straightening and ion perm that we are familiar with. But the difference is that protein correction uses a potion containing protein, which delivers protein substances that can nourish the hair into our hair while styling.

The main component of protein potion can weaken the hydrogen bonds and salt bonds in the hair and turn them into cysteine ​​bonds. Under the high temperature of styling, the structure of cysteine ​​can be straightened, thus keeping keratin in the hair.

As protein correction becomes increasingly popular in the hairdressing market, many customers have concerns about it. Protein correction is not completely risk-free. Protein correction cream may contain formaldehyde or formaldehyde derivatives. When heated, it may also emit a continuous pungent odor, which is harmful to health.

In the market, the quality and cost of hair styling lotions are actually uneven. Sometimes, we may encounter some products that contain excessive amounts of heavy metals such as lead and mercury, which can cause skin allergies and even damage our hair follicles.

To improve the quality of our hair, we don’t actually need any fancy hair care secrets. Daily washing and care are the basis and the top priority.

We can try this. Comb your hair before shampooing, which can remove some dandruff from the scalp through static adsorption. Then turn on the warm water to wet your hair. Don't shampoo immediately. It's best to rinse with warm water to remove dirt before shampooing.

When washing, use the pads of our fingers to scratch our scalp instead of using our nails to dig our scalp. This will achieve the best effect.

Review丨Deputy Director and Doctoral Supervisor of Beijing Friendship Hospital, Zhuo Fenglin