simplyhair
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UPDATE: Please see this new thread. Your hair can be corrected. 
I was SO sure that the ION Crystal Clarifying Treatment was going to be the cure to my sticky and clingy hair. I envisioned a wonderful wash day with tight bouncy curls from a rollerset and ready to report back to LHCF with my success. NOT!
Well, the curls were nice but when I gently tried to separate the hair strands, they were sticking together as usual.
Below is an email I just sent to my stylist (cuz it's Sunday) giving her a heads up about my hair. She has been working/counseling me about a solution thinking it was the hard water and could be corrected with a crystal treatment.
Email:
Hey "Stylist",
I spoke with a Sally Representative (licensed stylist) from the corporate office in Texas on Friday. I told her the ION Crystal Clarifying Treatment did not work on my hair and that it is still sticky and clinging together. She said whenever they hear a customer complain about sticky or clinging hair, usually it means the hair is damaged. She told me to try the product again and if it doesn’t work, then my hair strands are damaged.
We had the water softener installed on Friday. I finally did the ION treatment again on Sunday after I clarified my hair. I sat under the dryer for 20 minutes, rinsed and conditioned as the directions stated. Once my hair dried, the strands are still bumpy and sticking together as if the cuticles are raised. I’m assuming that the bumpy and raised “things” I see on the strands are the cuticles. I don’t know for sure. What do you think?
I’ve spent most of my Sunday researching what could possibly be the problem. Now, I’m back to square one that my hair is overly porous because of the hard water. Based on my research, damaged and over porous hair cannot be repaired or corrected. Unfortunately, it is there forever until it is cut off. I found the following information possibly confirming that the hard water could have been a culprit to the over porous hair and the lifted cuticles.
Article from here:
Hair with high porosity is considered "overly porous" and is the result of previous overprocessing. Other factors that can also affect porosity include heat damage, chlorine/hard water/mineral saturation, sun damage, or use of harsh ingredients. Overly porous hair is damaged in some way, and is dry, fragile and brittle. It has an open cuticle that both absorbs and releases moisture easily; it processes very quickly and can be easily damaged even further if extreme care is not taken when a chemical service is performed. Although overly porous hair absorbs product quickly, it is often dry as the open cuticle does not allow for product retention within the hair shaft. Chemical services performed on overly porous hair require less alkaline solutions with a lower pH, which will help to prevent further overprocessing.
You can check porosity on dry hair by taking a strand of several hairs from four different areas of the head (front hairline, temple, crown and nape). Slide the thumb and index finger of your other hand down each hair strand from end to scalp. If it is smooth, you have normal porosity. If your fingers move very fast up the hair strand and it feels exceptionally slick, dense and hard, you have low porosity. If your fingers "catch" going up the strand, feel like they are ruffling up the hair strand, or if the hair strand breaks, your hair is overly porous.
Unfortunately, porosity issues stemming from irreparable hair damage CANNOT be permanently corrected. Only time can truly mend damaged hair. You can, however, create a temporary fix until the damaged part grows out by "reconstructing" the hair shaft with protein treatments. Protein fills in any holes within the cortex (inner layer of the hair) and also helps to fill in the gaps exposed by a raised cuticle.
OK guys, I'm so discouraged at this point. So, every article I've read today says you can only cut the damaged hair off. What's the point of having BSL/MBL hair that sticks together and is considered damaged?
Don't get me wrong, my hair "looks" healthy and strong. Even my stylist says so. But this situation makes me feel as if I'm "faking the funk"...you know, perpetrating. Cuz up close, the strands are all jacked up! It just does not feel good.
I'm so ready to just cut this stuff and be through with it.
I was SO sure that the ION Crystal Clarifying Treatment was going to be the cure to my sticky and clingy hair. I envisioned a wonderful wash day with tight bouncy curls from a rollerset and ready to report back to LHCF with my success. NOT!
Well, the curls were nice but when I gently tried to separate the hair strands, they were sticking together as usual.Below is an email I just sent to my stylist (cuz it's Sunday) giving her a heads up about my hair. She has been working/counseling me about a solution thinking it was the hard water and could be corrected with a crystal treatment.
Email:
Hey "Stylist",
I spoke with a Sally Representative (licensed stylist) from the corporate office in Texas on Friday. I told her the ION Crystal Clarifying Treatment did not work on my hair and that it is still sticky and clinging together. She said whenever they hear a customer complain about sticky or clinging hair, usually it means the hair is damaged. She told me to try the product again and if it doesn’t work, then my hair strands are damaged.
We had the water softener installed on Friday. I finally did the ION treatment again on Sunday after I clarified my hair. I sat under the dryer for 20 minutes, rinsed and conditioned as the directions stated. Once my hair dried, the strands are still bumpy and sticking together as if the cuticles are raised. I’m assuming that the bumpy and raised “things” I see on the strands are the cuticles. I don’t know for sure. What do you think?
I’ve spent most of my Sunday researching what could possibly be the problem. Now, I’m back to square one that my hair is overly porous because of the hard water. Based on my research, damaged and over porous hair cannot be repaired or corrected. Unfortunately, it is there forever until it is cut off. I found the following information possibly confirming that the hard water could have been a culprit to the over porous hair and the lifted cuticles.
Article from here:
Hair with high porosity is considered "overly porous" and is the result of previous overprocessing. Other factors that can also affect porosity include heat damage, chlorine/hard water/mineral saturation, sun damage, or use of harsh ingredients. Overly porous hair is damaged in some way, and is dry, fragile and brittle. It has an open cuticle that both absorbs and releases moisture easily; it processes very quickly and can be easily damaged even further if extreme care is not taken when a chemical service is performed. Although overly porous hair absorbs product quickly, it is often dry as the open cuticle does not allow for product retention within the hair shaft. Chemical services performed on overly porous hair require less alkaline solutions with a lower pH, which will help to prevent further overprocessing.
You can check porosity on dry hair by taking a strand of several hairs from four different areas of the head (front hairline, temple, crown and nape). Slide the thumb and index finger of your other hand down each hair strand from end to scalp. If it is smooth, you have normal porosity. If your fingers move very fast up the hair strand and it feels exceptionally slick, dense and hard, you have low porosity. If your fingers "catch" going up the strand, feel like they are ruffling up the hair strand, or if the hair strand breaks, your hair is overly porous.
Unfortunately, porosity issues stemming from irreparable hair damage CANNOT be permanently corrected. Only time can truly mend damaged hair. You can, however, create a temporary fix until the damaged part grows out by "reconstructing" the hair shaft with protein treatments. Protein fills in any holes within the cortex (inner layer of the hair) and also helps to fill in the gaps exposed by a raised cuticle.
OK guys, I'm so discouraged at this point. So, every article I've read today says you can only cut the damaged hair off. What's the point of having BSL/MBL hair that sticks together and is considered damaged?
Don't get me wrong, my hair "looks" healthy and strong. Even my stylist says so. But this situation makes me feel as if I'm "faking the funk"...you know, perpetrating. Cuz up close, the strands are all jacked up! It just does not feel good.
I'm so ready to just cut this stuff and be through with it.
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My legs are 10x's worse than yours with the cold and windy weather here in Chicago.
Girl, that sounds delicious!
