Keratin treatment: is it good for your hair?

Maybe it already sounds familiar: a keratin treatment for your hair. These days, you can't walk into a shop selling hair products without seeing keratin on at least half of them. More and more hair care products have featured keratin in recent years, and these products promise a lot of things. But what exactly is keratin and what does a keratin treatment do for your hair? In this blog, read all about keratin and learn if a keratin treatment is for your hair.

What is keratin?

To know exactly what a keratin treatment is, you first need to know what the main ingredient is. Keratin is a body protein found in every animal and human being. Keratin is a fibre protein and is tough and insoluble. Keratin is found in several places in the human body, including your skin, hair and nails.

OK, now that you know this, you're probably wondering, "What does this have to do with a hair treatment"? Your hair is made up of 85% keratin. It is therefore the most important building block of your hair. In fact, keratin has restorative properties that protect hair and keep it healthy. However, keratin is broken down by things like chemicals in hair dyes or the heat of blow-drying, and unfortunately keratin does not ''replenish'' itself in your hair.

What does a keratin treatment do for your hair?

Now that you know what keratin does and what things like blow-drying and hair dye do to the keratin content in your hair, you might already be able to guess a little about what a keratin treatment does for your hair. Because keratin is not recreated in your hair, your hair will contain less and less keratin over the years. The result? Your hair becomes less elastic, frizzier and your hair fibres become damaged.

A keratin treatment helps to strengthen and smooth your hair. By using hair products with keratin in them, you replenish the keratin content in your hair. This is hugely important, especially if you blow-dry or dye your hair regularly. So it is definitely recommended to do a keratin treatment.

Is a keratin treatment bad?

As you have read, keratin is a protein that is naturally present in your hair. So a keratin treatment is definitely not bad for your hair. However, not all keratin products may work equally well. Because keratin has become so popular in recent years, cheaper and cheaper versions have appeared on the market that do not quite do what they promise.

Therefore, it is advisable to buy products from providers you trust or have the treatment done by a professional such as a hairdresser. You can also very easily do a keratin treatment at home, but for this you need the right products. And we wouldn't be A&F Cosmetics if we didn't stock all the important keratin hair products!

Keratin shampoo

One of the easiest products to implement into your daily hair routine is keratin shampoo. By using a keratin shampoo at least three days a week, you will vitalise and strengthen your hair to healthy volume. To start with, we recommend a quality shampoo. Our recommendations are the ApHogee Keratin & Green Tea Shampoo or the Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Restore Shampoo.

Keratin conditioner

Another way to add keratin to your hair is through a conditioner. There are thousands of different keratin conditioners on the market and unfortunately, not all of them are equally good. The process of extracting keratin is quite tricky, which is why far from every hair product has quality keratin in their products. Fortunately, we are very selective at A&F Cosmetics, which is why you will only find the highest-quality keratin conditioners and other hair products in our range. Like the Kis KeraFresh Colour Conditioner or the Miracle Nourish Leave-In Conditioner.

Keratin protection spray

A keratin shampoo and keratin conditioner is often used when hair has already been damaged. With a keratin shampoo or conditioner, you provide extra keratin to restore your hair. Another way to strengthen your hair is through keratin prevention. With a keratin protection spray, you can protect your hair from high temperatures such as from a hairdryer or straightener. For example, choose African Pride Anti-Humidity Heat Protectant Spray.

Get your keratin hair products today

Damaged hair is in a small corner and, of course, the best thing is never to blow dry, style or dye your hair again. Yet this is not realistic and everyone would like to try something out. So order one of our keratin hair products today and make sure you can protect your hair from bad influences at all times. Want to know more about our products? Then contact us and we will be happy to help you.

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