click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Relaxer Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Chemical hair relaxing? | A process or service that rearranges the structure of curly hair into a straighter or smoother form. |
| The chemistry of thio relaxers and permanent waving is exactly the same. True or false? | True |
| What bondsd ddo all relaxers and permanent waves break? | Disulfide. |
| What are the two most common relaxers? | Thio (Ammonium Thioglycolate) and Sodium Hydroxide. |
| Extreamly curly hair grows in... | long twisted spirals or coils |
| True or False: Cross sections of extreamly curly hair are highly elliptical and vary in shape and thickness. | True |
| True or false: Relaxers are acidic | False |
| What ingrtedient is in the Thio relaxer? | ATG (Ammonium Thioglycolate) |
| About what pH does a thio relaxer have? | About 10 |
| What is viscosity? | the measurment of the thickness or thinness of a liquid that affects how the fluid flows. |
| What is the neutralizer used with thio relaxers? | An oxidizing agent |
| What does the thio neutralizer do? | rebuilds the disulfide bonds tat were broken by thio relaxer |
| What is one way a relaxer can be applied? | Bowl and Brush, Applicator bottle, or the back of a rubber comb. |
| True or false: An aalysis of the clients hair and scalp, along with a test of elasticity, and porosity is not manditory. | False. |
| What is the active ingredient in the Hydroxide relaxers? | Hydroxide ion |
| True or False: The hydroxide relaxer is very acidic. | False |
| Hydroxide relaxders have a pH of... | 13 |
| What are the different types of hydroxide relaxers? | Sodium, Potassium, lithium, and Guanidine hydroxide. |
| Hydroxxide relaxers swell hair... | up to twice ots normal diameter. |
| What is the average pH of hair? | 5 |
| What is lanthionization | the process by which hydroxide relaxers permanently straighten the hair, the relaxers remove sulfur atom from a disulfide bond and convert it into a lanthionine bond. |
| How many sulur atoms do disulfide bonds have? | two |
| True or False: dISULFIDE BONDS CAN NEVER BE RE FORMED | true |
| What is a base cream? | an oily cream used to protect skin and scalp during hair relaxation. |
| Wat are the three different strength relaxers? | Mild- Strength, Regual- Strength, Super-Strength |