Personally i believe MSM works very well!! when i was a child before the age of 13 my hair was very soft, as i grew older and began eating junk food for x amount of years, my texture coasened. What i noticed in the first time i took MSM in 2002, my texture grew in softer and my sides began to grow in straight and flatter this was during a 3 month peiod i didn't know at the time that i was the MSM. Now when i read all these posts on MSM loosening texture, i realised it could be MSM. i purchased Pure crystal form and after two weeks my texture began to soften and wave more. I stopped and restarted about 3 days now plus i use MTG, i'm going to keep taking the supplements, which i belive is restoring my true texture as when i was a child.