Relaxers Flashcards
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Which straightener combines the use of a thio relaxer with flat ironing?
Japanese thermal straightening
Keratin straightening treatments contain silicone polymers and:
formalin
The two most common types of hair relaxers:
Thio relaxers and hydroxide relaxers
This relaxers have a pH above ____ .
10
The ____________ used with this relaxers is an oxidizing agent, usually hydrogen peroxide.
Neutralizer
The ___________ _______ is the active ingredient in all hydroxide relaxers.
Hydroxide ion
True or false:
All hydroxide relaxers are very strong alkalis that can swell the hair up to twice its normal diameter.
True
Hydroxide relaxers remove one atom of suffer from a disulfide bond, converting it into a lanthionine bond by a process called:
Lanthioniazation
True or false:
The neutralization of hydroxide relaxers involves oxidation.
True
____________ ___________ __________ are ionic compounds formed by a metal - sodium, potassium, or lithium - which is combined with oxygen and hydrogen.
Metal hydroxide relaxers
Sodium hydroxide relaxers are commonly called:
Lye relaxers
What two relaxers are often advertised and sold as “no mix-no lye” relaxers?
Lithium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide
_______________ __________ relaxers are usually advertised and sold as “no-lye” relaxers.
Guanidine hydroxide
True or false:
Guanidine hydroxide relaxers straighten the hair completely, with much less scalp irritation than other hydroxide relaxers.
True
Sulfites and _________ are sometimes used as low-pH hair relaxers.
Bisulfites
Base cream will do what if it touches the hair during the relaxing process?
Will slow down the process
_________ _________ require the application of base cream to the entire scalp prior to the application of the relaxer.
Base relaxers
Used to deactivate the alkaline residues left in the hair by a hydroxide relaxer and lower the pH of the hair and scalp:
Hydroxide neutralization
