I'm REALLY considering doing this once and for all. My hair is in between wavy and curly but is SO frizzy and unruly. I can't wash and go EVER. I either have to glob on gel to get the curls to hold and look good....or I have to use a brush and with gel comb it back into a ponytail. The hair on my head is so frizzy that if I didn't put get in it and tie it back, I'd look like a mess!!!!
ETA: I also dye my hair and have no choice but to keep it up due to grays......just thought you should know that too.
I know it's been done before, but can you girls give me the pros and cons of this treatment and share your personal experiences with me? TIA
MLAngelo
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My cousin has kinky hair and did it (she is in my BM bonding pics, the little cute one with stick straight hair.) But I have heard you shouldn't if you process your hair.
soon2bMrs P
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Personally, I have done it 2x and each time I was sooooo happy with it! I really feel like for some of us it is a GODSEND! Worth every penny and every minute of it too.
I would love to do it again (like yesterday haha) but I am afraid that when it comes time to have my hair done for the wedding it would make things difficult. I only say this because when i've had it done it wouldnt hold a curl at all, no matter what I did to it, and eventhough I dont plan on using curls for the wedding I am still afraid that it would make it very difficult to style because you cant really mold it so to speak.
BUT i can promise you that it will be the first thing i do when i am back from my honeymoon
GT143EA
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It is very hard to curl Japanese straightened hair with a curling iron! I worked in a hair salon for 10 years and although I didnt do updo's, I remember the girls having a very hard time!
One of my friends just got the Keratin hair straightening done last week. i dont know much about it except that she told me that it fades out of your hair...like a semi permanent treatment I guess. I can find out what she thinks of it if you want me too.
ETA: she has kinky curly hair!
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I did it a few years ago when it first became popular. I have very strange hair. It's curly/wavy but very, very fine and I have a TON of it. It gets frizzy so quickly. So I got it done (it took 9 hours) and I really liked it. I still had to blow out my hair but it took 30 minutes instead of 2 hours.
The only con I experienced (besides how long it took) was that I had some hair loss/breakage. Nothing that anyone else would notice but I knew it was there. Also, growing it out was really difficult for me. I couldn't afford to get it again but my hair was a mess.
Also, after having it done. NOTHING could make my hair curl. And I'm talking over a year after it was done it would not curly. Any curl put in my hair no matter how much product was used would fall out 10 minutes later.
littlepixie12
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My friend has curly hair (its not kinky) and she has ALOT of hair and she did this ... the permanent one not the one that goes away in 3 months, it took like 8 hours but her hair is pin straight all the time, even when she washes it... it worked for her, so I would give it a try if I were you
cmk77
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I pretty much had the same experience as PeachyKeen. I LOVE the Japanese straightening, but you really can't do much with it as far as styling...curls, etc. I can, however, give it a lot of body and life with curling my flat iron under when I run it through.
I have been doing the Keratin treatment...but be careful with which one you get. There is a Brazilian STRAIGHTNER and a Brazilian KERATIN treatment. The Keratin is a semi-permanent deal...it does wash out over time, and they suggest using sodium-free shampoo to make it last longer. Personally, I dont' like the condition after I get it done...it's super soft, but the shine is just not there.
My stylist won't let me do the Japanese til AFTER my wedding!!!
FutureMrsD09
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Personally, I would not recommend doing it! I did it a few years ago when it was very popular, and my hair was silky straight for about a week...afterwards, it showed signs of serious damage. I feel like it fried my hair, and it certainly did not stay silky pin straight for long! I have naturally curly (often frizzy) hair, and it really only ended up making it worse b/c it was so damaged!
JamieAnt06202009
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My sister does hair and she always talks people out of doing this. She said it is really damaging to the hair. I would also say that if you really want to do it you should wait until after your wedding because when they try to curl your hair it will not hold. I have seen people who have had it done and look great and some look horrid. I was thinking of doing this for a while but I chickened out...I'm too scared that I would be on the side that turns out bad.
cmk77
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Forgot to mention the color aspect.
I know for a fact that if you highlight or go lighter, they will not even do the process. If it's a darker shade, it might be a different story. You also cannot do both processes within a certain amount of time of each other.
When I got this done, if I just blow dryed my hair, it looked terrible...very dry and pin straight. I did have to still use the flat iron (2' ceramic) to get it to look awesome. I think people go into it thinking it's going to be a miracle...I truly believe it is, but you still need to put some time and elbow grease into it.
I can't wait to do it again!!
loveDan
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hi mrsd71208! i just left you a long fm on the japanese vs brazilian keratin treatment if your interested! hope it helps
Dani777
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I've been getting this done well over 4 years now... I get it done once a year...and have awesome hair for that year LOL> I have naturally very frizzy wavey puffy hair LOL...b/c it's soo thick. But the Jap. Straightening does the deed to me. It's true it doesn't hold a curl as long, so if you'r thinking of having curls on your wedding, I would wait to get back from your HM to do it. I'll be chopping my hair off so it'll be awhile before I get it again...
