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Originally Posted by Brett 9213
yeah it was one of those one time chemical treatements where they put some chemicals on your hair and then they use a straightener too and its supposed to keep your hair straihgt until your new hair grows out.
and my natural hair is sorta wavy, not sure how to describe it. not exactly curly, but kinda like Jewish hair if that makes sense, and i hope tahts not offensive.
Chemical treatments for straightening hair are ok (I've done it a couple of times to my curly hair) but they don't work perfectly. To make your hair look really good it may take some gel and a hair dryer (+ a round brush / vented brush) to completely straighten it. I'm not sure what your daily regimen is and if that would be too much of an inconvenience.
I would recommend a moisture / protein conditioner once a week, possibly a leave in conditioner, and then a soft hold gel if you need or want to style it with a dryer. You'll probably get the best results that way.
If not, you can use just gel (or whatever) but you'll probably still see a slight wave (sometimes unnatural looking from the straightner) and as your hair grows out, it'll continue to go back to its normal wave / curl.
Hot oil treatments are good but as with anything else there are good ones and bad ones. The oils that are used in the treatments need to penetrate the hair to do any good. If they don't, they'll just weigh your hair down and it will still appear dull and lifeless and the treatment won't do a thing. I'm not familiar with them so I can't recommend one.
Essential oils are best (jojoba, oilve oil, jasmine, rosemary).
