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Coppola Keratin

by John davis
(Paris)

The Coppola keratin Treatment uses a special bonded aldehyde structure that is built into a special keratin protein. Just as water is safe but is made from two poisonous and dangerous chemicals, so is the the Coppola, Cystine-aldehyde bond.

The molecule is neither an aldehyde nor a direct keratin. It is a combination that is safe. So just as water is made up of two molecules, that on their own can be bad, the Coppola keratin is safe and has no free aldehydes at all. That is why when ironed, no fumes or burning is experiences. You see water does not burn, but hydrogen and oxygen do burn.

The Brazilians on the other hand do not have this technology. They simply flood their product with formaldehyde. That is the same as a chemist who tries to make safe water but has excess hydrogen floating in it.

Dr. John Davis

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by: Anonymous

I had the Coppola Keratin treatment yesterday and I too am experiencing a burning sensation in my throat and slight nausea. I don't see how this treatment can possibly be safe!
New Keratin Treatment
by: Anonymous

My friend had a new keratin treatment done yesterday. Her texturist (on Long Island, NY) called Coppola and asked for a list of ingredients. She sent the info to a chemist and formaldehyde is released when the aldehyde is heated to 450. This texturist refuses to use the Coppola Keratin treatment. I'm not sure of the name of the treatment she uses but my friend's hair looked as smooth as mine (we'll see how long it lasts and how well it holds up) and she experienced no reaction. I plan to speak with this texturist to find out more info. I will post the info.
Hair loss
by: Anonymous

I had this particular treatent. After the first wash, my hair start falling out easily, with no provocation, by the handsfull. It has been two weeks, and still falling out. I can see the hair follicle. I called the company and they said that it is not due to their product. They did say that their will be breakage. I also told them the strands of my hair are alot thinner. They said that is what happens. So, I went from thick head of thick hair to thinning hair of very thin strands... and its not even straight. After four washes, the texture is reutrning to its normal texture, except alot less of it!!!! coppola said to see my doctor for the hair loss, it is not due to their product. I said that it started immediately after the treatment, and has never happened before, and my lifestyle (food, stress, medication) has not changed. Also, I had no signs of allergic reaction, like burning or itching.
Different issues
by: Anonymous

Wow - I didn't have that problem. My hair used to never get greasy, but it does now after a few days. I have to say, I love the way it looks. I did have a little breakage, but it's gotten better. It's pretty straight, but I don't really care about that. I just didn't want the frizz - and I have none. My hair is much easier to do with no frizz (even during my trip to Florida in August). I'm still concerned with the reaction I had and I have yet to meet with the texturist I mentioned before.
Hair loss
by: mary3

I had the treatment 6 weeks ago. Coppola was the name of it. At first I loved it. Did everything right didn't wash or put any clips or got it wet. I have been losing hair by the handfuls. My scalp is itchy, all the time. I'm really worried. I used to have alot of hair now Im almost bald!!!!! What can i do? I'm freaking out!!!! Please help!
The Coppola Keratin Disaster
by: Anonymous

I have been getting keratin treatments since August 2009. I have had three so far. The last two I had (3-4 months apart) were absolutely wonderful. I have very curly, thick and frizzy hair. It made my hair frizz free, shiny and so healthy looking, and I loved that I still had my curls. Just to note one IMPORTANT factor. The first two were done with the Sunpure Straight Now, here comes my horror story.

About two weeks ago, I went to have it done again and my hair dresser told me that they had switched to a new product. She was excited because you only had to keep this product on your hair for 3 days instead of 4. That got me excited too. The new product was by Peter Coppola, Keratin Complex Treatment. STAY WAY FROM THIS PRODUCT LADIES, PLEASE...

After a week, I noticed during my showers that my drain was full of hair. I mean A LOT of hair. It was so scary to see all that hair. It gave me a ill feeling. I thought maybe I was shedding some hair after the winter months. it got worse. My hair was falling out in bunches during brushing. I had hair on my pillow and all over the bathroom floor. It was falling out due to breakage and from the follicle. I could tell some strands had little white dots at the end. Now I was panicked. I rushed to have my blood checked to make sure it was nothing to do with my health. I am fine. So the only thing I changed was the keratin product.

I called Coppola and they passed me onto the "Educator" by the name of Michael Schuster. He can be reach at 843-822-1859, but it is useless to try and call because he will say that due to corporate policy, he is not able to speak to you directly. He had to speak to my stylist. I left a message for my stylist to contact him to suggest what I could do to stop my hair from falling out. I have not heard back from her yet. If I hear back, I will keep you all posted.

I went to another well known hair dresser here in Dallas and he advised me to start taking biotin and l-lysine, and use the Nioxin, shampoo, therapy and scalp treatment. I was letting my hair grow out since I started the Sunpure treatments because it left my hair so beautiful and manageable, but after the Coppola treatment, I will have to cut off what's left to make it look somewhat normal.

I am hoping that my hair will stop falling out soon or I will be bald if it continues. This is no joke. I am out here posting this because I know that for us ladies, hair is our life. If you haven't done this process, don't do it unless you want to take the chance of losing your hair. If anything, give Sunpure Straight a try. That product did wonders for my hair.
Hair Loss after Coppola Keratine Treatment
by: Liza

I had this treatment done in Nov 2009 by a Paul Mitchell Salon; I even bought the expensive shampoo that goes with it. I started losing hair like crazy; I have never seen so much of my hair everywhere, on my bed on my cloth after washing my hair it was falling tons of it, every time I comb my hair a lot it comes off from the root, I could feel the end of the hair.

I stop using the shampoo and order a very expensive treatment called Revivogen it has reduce the falling a lot, but not 100% I need to find how to revert this reaction, I don?t want to end up bald by the summer.
RE: Keratin
by: Mia

Maria is right; Chemicals are everywhere! lets not complain and do NOT give any feedback on public Internet so companies don't get encouraged to develop better solutions or less toxin products.
Lets not evolve at all. Lets increase all sorts of cancer and pollute our cities with more chemicals.... Hey... even Global Warming is not such a bad thing. Lets also tell this to our children in schools and home so they learn to appreciate all these chemicals and learn NOT to complain and be grateful.
coppola treatment
by: Grace Hair Spa.com

Wow . I have been doing the coppola treatment for about a 2 years now. I never feel nausea or burning throat. My clients love it . I have done well over 100 treatments this year alone. For the ladies with problems with there hair falling out. I am very sorry to hear that. Are you sure the stylist really used Peter Coppola product? Coppola treatment will not change the texture of your hair from curls to straight. Only make it silky smooth and make your blowouts easier and fight frizz on a humid day.

I have heard people getting this treatment done for less than 300 dollars.This is not Coppola treatment. It is very expensive for the stylist per ounce. A normal head of straight hair would need 4 ounces. Those four ounces cost money not to mention time. It takes alot of effort on a stylist and takes a couple of hours to do.

Alot of salons say they do the peter Coppola for $150. There is no way it could be so cheap. Its A shame that some salons do this. Lie to make money. I think peter Coppola treatment is the best thing to ever happen to frizzy hair. If you are planning to get the P Coppola done ask your stylist to see the bottle of Keratin. Make sure it says Peter Coppola on it.
Coppola damage and hair loss
by: Anonymous

Coppola treatment RUINED my hair!! Do not get this done. I had a the Coppola Keratin treatment done a month and a half ago. Was great for the first few weeks. The last week or two I have lost 1/3 of my hair and maybe even more than that. The worst part is it is coming from the scalp. My mom had it done a week after me and is having the same problem. She actually has balding spots. She had blood test, etc and the only thing it could be is this treatment. We are both worried we will be in wigs shortly. I was told the ingredients were all natural and it could not damage your hair, but that is not true. I wish I would have researched this product before doing it. I had really long hair and will have to chop it. DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!
Hair stylist who has done this
by: Anonymous

As a stylist I've had my doubts about this product. I was told it's odorless (not true). I had the smell linger on me all day, because you stand over it.

I did like the results. But I too question the formaldehyde in this products. All you have to have is the chemicals that make formaldehyde, in doing that you don't have to list formaldehyde as the main ingredient, or for that much list it at all. It's chemicals mixed together that produces formaldehyde. I have experienced some hair loss.
Hair loss
by: Anonymous

Do not do this! It ruined my hair! My stylist suggested the Coppola treatment as a smoothing, conditioning treatment that would strengthen my hair and was nothing like the other "terrible" straightening treatments you read about on the Oprah website -- you know, the ones that make people's hair fall out! He claimed that the Coppola treatment was more of a de-frizzer.

I had great hair -- not anymore! It has fallen out continuously since the treatment. I'd say I have a third to fifty percent less hair. It is Sept 4, 2010 and I had the treatment done on June 1st, 2010 and my hair continues to fall out. In retrospect, I was an idiot for listening to a hairdresser who is not a chemist, nor a biologist. He's a guy who listened to a sales rep and got excited about a high margin product.

The first clue that this was a potentially harmful treatment was the fact that my eyes stung and watered during the application. Anyway, don't do what I did! Just use a straightening iron at home -- that's what I did for years and it always worked well.
Coppola Keratin
by: Anonymous

I have to add my voice to the chorus here. I have long, color treated hair. Prior to getting the Coppola Keratin treatment, my hair was NOT over-processed and generally very healthy. It is fine but I have (or should I say HAD) ALOT of it. In fact, I've always had problems finding a clip that would hold my hair in a ponytail. If I wanted to tie my hair back, I had to use a protective elastic.

So, why did I do the Coppola treatment? I live in Maryland. It's very humid and my hair would get frizzy about 2 hours into the day.

After the treatment, which I got on June 23, I can't say I was ecstatic. My hair was definitely frizz free, but it was TOO straight and very close to my head. It took me a couple of weeks, but I eventually learned to style it. I use sulfate and paraben free products, and try not to wash my hair every day, but I exercise alot, so I often do wash it every day.

Ok - fast forward to 3 months later. The treatment is holding. Still no frizz, etc. etc. The problem is that I have about half as much hair as I did before. Everytime I wash my hair, I lose a handful. THIS IS NOT BREAKAGE. My hair is falling out from the root.

I just started a regimen of increased biotin, and I'm adding lysine. I'll also pick up some Nioxin and hope that that helps.

I would not recommend this to ANYONE and I'm terribly angry and upset with myself for having done this. The frizziness was a pain in the ass, but my hair was gorgeous and I always got compliments on it. I miss it.
? huh ?
by: Nicole

I had the Coppola treatment done in early July. I have very thick, frizzy, wavy hair. I LOVE what this product did, and look forward to my next treatment. I read about hair falling out when I searched for results on the treatment, but my stylist assured me it was safe, that it is made of keratin and that is what your hair is made of. It's been 3 months and the treatment is starting to wear off, but she told me it'd only last 3-5 months. I've had no breakage or abnormal hair falling out. I've got thick,virgin hair and always had a problem with shedding. It continues still now, but not the extent these ladies say they've experienced. Some people say, "DONT GET IT", I say "DO GET IT", but ultimately its your choice.
Me too!
by: Anonymous

Add me to the list of Coppola Keratin horror stories!
I had the treatment done in June and the very first day of washing my hair I started to see more than usual hair in the drain. At first I thought maybe it would stop but it hasn't. It is now October and I have lost over 50% of my hair. My hair was long, thick and beautiful, now I have stringy and thin hair. My hair is falling out at the folical too, they all have the white bulb at the end, it is not breaking off. I have started the Nioxin Scalp treatment and it has made a difference, my hair loss has slowed down but has not stopped. I can't even go for my color touch up because I am totally petrified that it will make it worse.

My hair stylist said the same thing as others did, you must be sick, no I am not sick. I had a full blood panel done just to ensure that I was fine, no surprise everything came back normal. My husband is a doctor, so it made me laugh when my stylist was trying to say that I must have a medical condition that must be causing the hair loss. The salon also insists that the Coppola Treatment is all natural, well I have yet to see the ingredient list that I was promised.

It truly amazes me that with all of these stories of hair loss happening right after having the Coppola treatment that this product is still on the market. We all can't be crazy! It is not a coincidence that this has happened to so many of us. I don't want to be bald by New Year's!! If anyone has any additional suggestions that has worked for you, please post.

PS My eyes were burning too when the treatment was applied, that can't be safe.

Desperate in CT
Hair now gone tomorrow
by: Anonymous

I too have the Coppola keratin treatment done in late August, not that long ago, but it started to get frizzy and curly. Like most of this postings my hair started falling more after a couple of weeks of the treatment.

According to the stylist is harmless and will be good for your hair especially if is damage. I don't believe it is. I am just looking for damage control now.

What can I use to repair and stopped the fall out.
In my opinion this treatment could or could not
damage your hair in a big and horrendous way.
Your call.
Hair loss Also And Im a stylist
by: Anonymous

I am a stylist and had the Coppola Keratin Complex done and i too started to lose a ton of hair . It came out by the hand full while my hair was wet when it was dry not as much and it to was falling out at the root. I went to get my blood work done and everything came back as fine!

I had done this treatment on clients but i haven't heard of them saying anything about hairloss. I know what i experienced and am 100% sure it was from the treatment. Maybe it affects people differently then others. I know that i wont being doing it again as my hair is finally growing back!
Coppla horror
by: Cindy

I got an initial keratin treatment in September 2010. I do not know what brand was used; the person who applied it moved away and I can't get in touch with her. Anyway I was very pleased with the results and I did not notice any hair loss.
In November I got a second treatment, this time with Coppola. Well my hair has been falling out like crazy since the first wash. There is hair everywhere: on my pillow in the morning, handfuls in the shower, on my clothes all day long, on my baby girl's clothes...
I went for a hair cut last week and the hairdresser tells me it absolutely can not be from the treatment. That's ridiculous! I'm not crazy. My hair is falling out (from the root) like never before just days after the treatment, and you're going to tell me it's not from the treatment??
Keratin
by: Anonymous

I am a stylist and have done the treatment ALOT i have not had any negative feed back what so ever, everyone loves it, Your hair goes threw shedding fazes where you can shed lots of hair during periods of the year, you may go months without shedding and then go threw a shedding period.. are you sure you aren't all experiencing that?
I had such high hopes
by: Lain

I had the Coppola treatment due to very thick and wavy hair. My Salon told me that this would condition my hair like nothing else. I would feel it smooth and soft and my drying time would be cut in half. None of this was true.

Within hours I felt very prickly around my hairline and when I went to my mirror I could see it had broken off at the scalp! It is straight, I will give it that. But it is dry, dull, flat and lifeless. The hair breaks off so easily. When I try to leave it natural like many say, there is no wave whatsoever left in my hair. It's like a witch's broom. :( The worst part was that my hairdresser claimed she could see none of this. She didn't even offer ongoing suggestions to minimize the breakage.

I guess we live and learn, but this was a costly mistake. I was just trying to get healthier, prettier hair and I will be lucky if I don't end up having to cut it completely off. I guess it's true, anything too good to be true.....
Love the Keratin
by: Anonymous

I am a stylist that has been doing the Peter Coppola Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy Treatment in my salon for over two years and am very pleased with my clients results!! They say that the treatment has changed their life for the good!!! They love their hair and have never experienced hair loss??? The only thing that could damage the hair would be if your stylist does not know what she is doing! You need to make sure your stylist completely analyzes your hair and knows what temperature the flat iron should be set at!! Setting the iron too high could cause breakage! Hello!!!!!
John Coppola keratin
by: Anonymous

I have been using John Coppola Keratin for 3 years, three times a year. I have had no problems.
I stick with a sulfate free shampoo, and my hair is healthy, shiny and frizz free.
Me too!
by: Anonymous

I had the Coppola Express treatment where you can wash after one day in January 2011. It is now May and my hair is falling out more now then it did at the beginning! I was wondering if any other woman who have experienced this could tell me when the hair loss stops? I am afraid to wash it or comb it! I will not get it colored and my gray and roots are starting to show. I am even afraid to use the Nioxin! Help! Please let me know what others have done and when I can expect this to stop?
Dont!
by: anon

Just don't do it...I had the Coppola procedure done just over two weeks ago and my hair is falling out at a rate of knots ! It has not done much with regards to manageability either. My hair merely feels fragile and a bit limp.
After the first wash I called my stylist, who fortunately took this very seriously. He had not had any prior complaints. When he read this and other sites he called the Coppola rep. I spoke to the rep today and she is mortified at the overwhelming evidence of the dangers of this product. Her company has offered me months of free hair treatments to try to halt the hair loss. My stylist has returned all treatments and neither of them want anything more to do with this product. It is POISON. I have a very tender rash on most of my scalp. It DOES contain formaldehyde..or derivatives thereof. I can only hope that the hair loss slows down soon. I have since spoken to a number of stylists who refuse to use it. Even if only one in a hundred people have this reaction it needs to be pulled from the market !
What has worked for me
by: Anonymous

The first thing you should do is get the darn stuff out of your hair. For months I kept using the sulfate-free shampoos because I thought the damage was probably already done, and I wanted to keep my hair straight and shiny. But after 5 months of continuous hair loss, I decided to wash my hair like crazy using regular shampoo. This seems to have helped. Personally I didn't see any real improvement with Nioxin. I think you are better to invest in a very good scalp oil. I use Écrinal 2-3 times a week. This should help. If not with the hair loss, it should at least help with regrowth by keeping your scalp healthy.

Also, see a dermatologist if you can. They can prescribe Rogain which I'm told will help. There is a shortage of dermatologists where I live, so it is almost impossible to get an appointment. From everything I've read, you kind of have to let the hair loss run its course. But in the meantime, baby your scalp and stay away from any type of keratin containing product or keratin treatment, even those that claim to be aldehyde free.
Good luck to you.
Coppola Keratin
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I am a hairstylist who has used this product on several clients and also had it done on myself 5 times. I have not experienced any negative side effects other than a few clients feeling their hair is too flat during the first couple weeks. I have not experienced any hair loss or had any clients complain of it. If anything my hair feels thicker and stronger. My fine bleached hair is finally growing!

I think it's possible some hairdressers may be using cut rate or black market keratin to save money. I have seen "Coppola Smoothing Treatment" advertised on discount sites at slashed prices. The bottle looks the same but I wonder if the product is not? Or maybe it is a bad reaction to a product being used or previously used?

In any case I am truly sorry to hear about some of these experiences and hope that the reason is figured out soon as to why this product works so well for some and has a terrible effect on others.
AWESOME
by: Anonymous

I had the Coppola treatment done this past April. The results are absolutely amazing!!!! My hair is super thick, frizzy and curly. After the treatment I can let my hair air dry or blow it out in less than 10 minutes!! My hair is soft, manageable and it looks so healthy. I plan to have it done again in August!!!!

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