White women and hair because i am black?

Do some white women perm their hair ,, i never heard of it and if they do what would happen

White women and hair because i am black?

We perm our hair to make it curly.

The perming process

The hair is first washed and then wound on to some kind of former, such as a curler or a rod. The perm lotion is applied to the hair. Because the lotion is alkaline (pH about 9) the scales of the cuticle open slightly, allowing the lotion to flow under the cuticle and into the cortex. Here it reacts with the keratin of the cortex, breaking some of the disulphide cross-links within and between the protein chains. The hair swells and 'softens', so that it can stretch to take up the shape of the formers.

After a while the perm lotion is thoroughly rinsed away and a neutralising lotion is applied. This re-forms the broken cross-links, which makes the hair harden into its new, curlier shape. This stage is the key to a successful perm: failure to rinse and neutralise properly can lead to many problems, including scalp irritation and damage to the structure of the hair shaft.

HAIR FACTS

What happens during perming

Today's 'cold' permanent wave lotions contain substances called reducing agents, in an alkaline solution. The reducing agent most often used is called ammonium thioglycollate. Reducing agents act on the keratin in the hair, breaking the disulphide linkages that join the pairs of cysteine units together. The result is that the keratin softens and swells. The softened hair is then put into its new shape. As it is manipulated the cysteine linkages slip past each other and realign themselves with new cysteine partners see (page 91).

Neutralising lotion is then applied. This contains oxidising agents. One that is often used is hydrogen peroxide, the same substance that is used in hair bleaches. Oxidising agents work in the opposite way to reducing agents. They make the cysteine units link together into pairs again, hardening the hair and giving it its new, permanent shape.

In hair that has been repeatedly permed the original disulphide cross-links may have been broken and re-formed so many times that hardly any remain.

In order to illustrate the process of permanent waving, we will follow a client through the full procedure.

This client, like many others, wants her hair put into a manageable style, with curl and body. It is vital that the stylist understands the past history of her hair. It is permed every three or four months, and tinted more frequently. Fortunately her hair is naturally very resilient, and has not suffered unduly. In expert hands, a perm should be straightforward.

White women and hair because i am black?

Yes white women perm their hair.

White women and hair because i am black?

White women often perm their hair, their hair simply curls or wave.

White women and hair because i am black?

???? Yes, white women perm their hair... and what happens? It gets curly?

White women and hair because i am black?

It is very common for women to perm their hair. They do it to make their hair curly.

Since you have never heard about it, here is some info on what it involves.

First, the hair is washed and wrapped on a perm rod (the size of the rod determines the tightness of the curl). Then, by applying a waving lotion with an alkaline base (ammonium thioglycolate is most commonly used in today's perms), the cuticle layer is raised which breaks the disulfide bonds that hold the natural wave pattern.

After the waving lotion has had time to process and then rinsed away and the rods have been blotted to remove excess water, a neutralizer is applied (this is what reforms the disulfide bonds of the hair and sets the new curl pattern). It is also the most potentially damaging stage of the perming process and should always be closely monitored.

Once allowed to take effect, the neutralizer is rinsed away, the rods are removed, the hair is re-rinsed for good measure, it can be styled as desired.

White women and hair because i am black?

when people with straight hair get a perm, it makes it curly. yes we get them sometimes.

White women and hair because i am black?

...White women may perm their hair to make it curly...

...What Ethnic women such as yourself and I may do is called relaxing the hair...

...a relaxer does just that it relaxes the curl out of the hair...

White women and hair because i am black?

Yeah everyone seems to be talking about perming their hair to make it curly here. When white women say they are going to "perm" their hair, that's what they are usually refering to.

However, white women do relax their hair too. I'm not sure if the chemicals they use is the same, I just know that they do it. I am Italian and my family has really thick, curly hair and my cousin's is so curly that it's difficult for her to straighten it with a hair dryer and a flat iron. (It takes her like 3 hours!) So, she gets her hair relaxed. I've never tried it because I have loose curls and I love my curly hair. But yeah, some white women do it. It's possible.