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THERMAL RECONDITIONING (TR) HAIR

You can spend nearly $1000 to have your hair semi-permanently straightened with the TR technique but if your hair stylist is not well-trained you can end up with bald spots and hair that breaks off in clumps! Unfortunately, some hair stylists performing TR may not properly analyze your hair to see if you are a good candidate to even have this straightening process done to your hair.

If your hair is bleached, currently has chemicals applied to it or if you are African-American you may likely not be a good candidate for TR no matter what a hair stylist may tell you! Essentially it is buyer beware when consulting with a hair stylist who performs the TR process because there are no state or federal regulations to oversee thermal reconditioning.

Some hair stylists will not even perform TR on their clients because it changes the molecular structure of your hair and this is just too risky in their opinion.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: ABC-TV 20/20 8/13/04

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