Chapter 12.2 & 12.3

Question 1

Physical phase

Answer 1

Having the hair brush straighten with light pressure

Question 2

Sodium hydroxide

Answer 2

pH of 11.5-14. Also known as lye relaxers.

Question 3

Ammonium thioglycolate (thio) relaxer

Answer 3

pH of 8.5-9.5. Causes hair the soften and swell. Hydrogen and disulfide bonds in the hair are affected.

Question 4

Other relaxers

Answer 4

No-lye relaxers. Recommend to less resistant hair and require follow up treatments

Question 5

Mild relaxers

Answer 5

Heathy, color-treated hair, fine texture or porous hair.

Question 6

Regular relaxer

Answer 6

Curly to medium -texture hair

Question 7

Super relaxers

Answer 7

Tightly curled, coarse-textured or resistant hair

Question 8

ALERT

Answer 8

do not apply sodium hydroxide relaxer to extremely porous hair that had been colored with permanent hair color or lightened hair.

Question 9

Curl diffusion

Answer 9

“Chemical blow out “ loosen 50% of the hairs natural shape

Question 10

ALERT

Answer 10

Don’t apply a thio relaxer over hair that has been relaxed with sodium hydroxide relaxer or vice versa, since these 2 chemicals are not compatible. Server damage and breakage can occur

Question 11

ALERT

Answer 11

Do not perform a curl reformation service on a hair that has been relaxed with sodium hydroxide or a no-lye relaxer. Using a thio-base product on hydroxide-treated hair will result in severe hair damage and breakage dice these 2 chemicals are not compatible

Question 12

Chemical phase

Answer 12

Begins with straightening product is applied to the hair

Question 13

The two major types of relaxer chemicals are sodium hydroxide and ammonium thioglycolate

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Do not perform a curl reformation service on hair that has been relaxed with a sodium hydroxide or no-Lye relaxer

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Curl reforming is a chemical service designed to change overly curly hair to curly to wavy hair

Answer 15

True