| Hair curling is quite fashionable among | | | | |
| youth. With its use you can give a stylish | | | | Care |
| look to your straight hair. Hair curling is | | | | |
| also known as perming or permanent waving. It | | | | In the modern method the hair is wrapped on |
| is done in hair saloons where chemicals are | | | | rods after the application of a thioglycolic |
| used to give a curly look to your hair. | | | | acid lotion. In this method there is a need |
| Modern techniques of hair curling have made | | | | to take some care before and after going for |
| the process of curling quite easy. | | | | hair curling. |
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| There have been many methods used in curling | | | | During the hair curling process it is |
| hair in the past. These methods used to take | | | | necessary to keep the chemicals away from the |
| hours to get your hair curled. Now-a-days due | | | | skin. The contact of chemicals with anything |
| to development in techniques the modern | | | | other than hair can cause irritation. |
| method takes just few seconds to get the hair | | | | |
| curly. | | | | Hair curling should be done by professionals |
| | | | only. During the process of curling hair |
| Modern method | | | | there is a possibility of hair damage. During |
| | | | curling most of the disulphide linkages in |
| In the modern method the hair is wrapped on | | | | the hair structure reform while the process |
| rods after the application of a thioglycolic | | | | of neutralization. However, some portions of |
| acid lotion. The chemical works by breaking | | | | the chemical bonds in hair fail to reform |
| the linkages between the polypeptide bonds of | | | | during the neutralization. It results in |
| proteins present in the hair shaft that helps | | | | weakening of hair in a way and hair never |
| in making hair receptive to a new shape. Now | | | | gets back its old strength. |
| hair is molded into a new curly shape using | | | | |
| the rod. With the use of a neutralizer lotion | | | | The help of an expert during the hair curling |
| containing hydrogen peroxide the disulfide | | | | process is a good idea since it minimizes the |
| bridges are closed. | | | | damage done to the hair. An expert is well |
| | | | aware of the hair curling process while a |
| History | | | | layman attempting to do hair curling can do |
| | | | considerable damage to hair. |
| The history of hair curling goes back to the | | | | |
| ancient times when Egyptians used wooden | | | | After curling hair you should avoid the use |
| sticks and mud for curling hair. In the | | | | of any coloring or bleaching on hair for some |
| process they used to apply mud from hot | | | | days since the chemical bonds are still |
| springs with the help of sticks. They used to | | | | repairing themselves. The use of new |
| remove the mud after it is dried. Mud is | | | | chemicals on hair will harm hair as it will |
| supposed to have an alkaline makeup that used | | | | limit chemical bonding and can weaken hair as |
| to help in curling hair. | | | | a consequence. |
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| In 1906 Charles Nessler invented a hair | | | | You should avoid cleansing hair for 48 hours |
| curling method that used ammonia and borax | | | | after hair curling. It is better to use a |
| that soften keratin protein, which is present | | | | shampoo that is useful in the case of |
| in the hair fiber. This method used heated | | | | chemically treated hair. If the care is |
| rods to twist hair around to give a curl | | | | followed properly it can result in a |
| after the chemicals are applied around the | | | | beautiful curly hair. |
| heated rod. This method was used for many | | | | |
| years in spite of being an unconvenient one. | | | | Maria Karla is an expert in a curling hair. |
| | | | He is a graduate in science and has studied |
| Later a new method called "cold wave" was | | | | trichology as well. He has studied hair in |
| invented and turned out to be very | | | | various universities and is considered an |
| successful. The method was invented by Arnold | | | | international authority on hair related |
| F. Willatt in 1938. This method was followed | | | | studies. |
| by the modern method of curling hair. | | | | |