What is hair rebonding?

Hair Rebonding is a chemical treatment that relaxes your Hair and leaves the curls turn straight in the process. This is the ideal technique for getting glossy straight mane especially if you’ve got frizzy and unmanageable hair. The consequences of rebounding last for a long time and it considerably tames down frizzy hair. The protein molecules present between the bonds in the hair gives it characteristic. Every sort of hair has a natural bond that gives it its physical quality — curly or wavy.

This technique uses chemicals to change this natural bond to make it straight. Unlike straightening your hair with a straightener, rebonding chemically breaks down organic bonds in the hair and re-arranges them to make new bonds to get straight hair. In short, it is a permanent procedure that divides the natural cell structure of your hair and re-structures it. A neutralizer is used to re-bond the construction of the hair, giving you the desired feel and contour. Once the hair is straightened, regular touch-ups are required in 3 weeks or 6 weeks, depending on the growth of your natural hair.

What is smoothening?

Smoothing is a process in which hair strands are coated with a protein product called keratin on top of which a preservative solution is applied onto the hair using a warm iron. This results in changing of the arrangement of their hair, giving it a smoother look. This procedure is legally banned in certain countries due to the excessive use of keratin than that which is prescribed as safe since this could result in many of side effects.

The goal of smoothing is to iron out the unruliness and frizz in the hair, thus making it more manageable. Further, using chemicals like formaldehyde makes smoothing potentially dangerous as the chemical has been suspected to be a carcinogen. Brazilian Blowout is a process which is like smoothing. One thing common in most smoothing procedures is using keratin on hair.

What is the difference between Rebonding and Smoothing?

• Smoothing is a procedure that has been designed to make hair softer and smoother in order to make it more silky and manageable.

• Rebonding is a special technique that intends to straighten the hair of those who desire to have straight hair as opposed to wavy or curly hair.

• Smoothing makes use of chemicals which can be different from those utilized in Rebonding.

• Smoothing still requires a rebonding if the desired effect is straight hair.

• Results of smoothing persist for around 3 months while the effect of rebonding lasts longer for approximately 6-7 months.

Rebonding & Smoothening