Keratin Hair Treatments: What to Expect

New keratin-based treatments may save you hours each day.

Longing for smoother, straighter hair? Keratin hair-straightening treatments are a popular option at salons.

If you're thinking about trying it, you should know this:

What Is Keratin? It's a protein that's naturally in your hair.
How It Works: A stylist applies a keratin hair-straightening product to your hair and then uses the heat of a flat iron to seal it in. The process takes about 90 minutes or longer, depending on your hair's length. Salon keratin products include Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy by Coppola, Global Keratin Complex, the La-Brasiliana treatment, Cezanne Keratin Treatment, the Brazilian Blowout, and Brazilian Hair Straightening.
Time Saving Stresses: If you usually style your hair straight, a keratin hair-straightening treatment could shorten your blow-dry time by 40% to 60%, says hair stylist Henri Borday of New York's Mizu salon and corporate educator for Global Keratin.
Farewell, Frizz: You can forget about frizzy hair after treatment. "You could walk out in moist or light rain and your hair won’t change," Borday says.
Wait Before You Wash: You shouldn't wash your hair for three or four days after getting the treatment. That's because the solution takes time to work, he says.
Upkeep: After you get a keratin hair treatment, and after the don't-wash waiting period, you should use sodium-sulfate-free shampoo to help maintain the treatment.
How Long It Lasts: Expect the results to last two to 2 1/2 months.

Keratin treatments won't make your hair break, but the flat-ironing might. "The hair breakage has nothing to do with the treatments and everything to do with the flat irons that are used to dry and seal the hair afterward," says New York dermatologist Neil Sadick, MD. "Some stylists may use a flat iron that is way too hot and scorches hair, making it break off."

"Keratin is more of a restorative treatment," Sadick says. "Even if you have a good hair type, it still strengthens the hair shaft and makes your hair more resilient."

Sadick recommends checking with a dermatologist before getting a keratin treatment if you have psoriasis or seborrheic dermatitis .

Cezanne Perfect Finish Keratin Smoothing Treatment

After Keratin Treatment

Before Keratin Treatment

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Cezanne Perfect Finish Keratin Smoothing Treatment (CPF) is different:

It is a 100% formaldehyde free, next generation smoothing system that uses the latest advances in science, along with only the finest ingredients, to create a product that delivers the results of a traditional keratin smoothing treatment without the harmful chemicals.
It works on all hair types and lasts for months, depending on hair type and after care of the hair.
Results last as long as or longer than any formaldehyde systems on the market, but without the harmful chemicals.
Using the best quality ingredients and without unpleasant odor, CPF outperforms and outlasts carbocisteine and amino acid products, and CPF doesn’t break the disulfide bonds, which can be damaging to the hair.
Is unique in that it works from the inside out in changing the overall health and shape of the curl.

Cezanne’s Perfect Finish provides comparable or better results to traditional formaldehyde smoothing treatments when it comes to removing frizz and smoothing hair – but without the harmful chemicals. Our revolutionary, 100% formaldehyde free process penetrates into hair to infuse a unique blend of keratin, botanical extracts and vitamins that delivers not only smoother hair, but a restoration of natural luster for overall healthier and more manageable hair.

Unlike other treatments that break bonds in the hair, CPF washes out, so there is no permanent change to the hair and there is no line of demarcation between treatments. And, because we work from the inside out to strengthen and fortify hair, results with CPF mean hair is not only smoother, but also healthier and more manageable.

How does the Cezanne Perfect Finish Keratin Smoothing Treatment work?

CPF utilizes a revolutionary new process that works to smooth and straighten hair while improving it from the inside out by delivering a proprietary blend of botanical extracts, and vitamins and proteins, including keratins and sericin, a silk protein, a key ingredient in Cezanne. As used exclusively with CPF’s proprietary blend of ingredients, sericin, which is produced by silk worms, is able to protect the bonds of the hair and lock hair into a new smoother, straighter shape. There is no other smoothing product on the market anywhere in the world that uses sericin in the way it’s used in Cezanne.

The unique science of CPF also allows for more flexibility for both stylists and clients: hair can be washed or colored immediately after treatment, and – unlike other formaldehyde-based smoothing systems – CPF allows hair to hold a curl from a curling.

Prices- $250 and up(determined by length of hair)