Japanese Hair Straightening vs Brazilian Keratin
by Tati
(New York)
This is my second time doing the Brazilian keratin. I was afraid at first because three years before I had done the Japanese hair straightening and I hated it. I cried so much. My hair had no body at all. It just sat there flat.
Finally I let it grow and got the Brazilian keratin. Well it was the best treatment I have ever had. It made my frizzy wavy/curly hair so manageable. I can blow dryer it straight and it stays like that, but also shiny and freeze free, or I can just leave it and let it dry naturally and comes out with a beautiful wave, freeze free. It looks like when people with straight hair let their hair dry naturally and has the straight but with a wave look. I love it! I only do it for the summer, and I'm going to keep on doing it every summer.
Now there is a new one that came out called chocolate and you don't have to wait four days to wash your hair. I got my hair done on a Tuesday and by Friday I was able to wash it. So.... try it you'll love it.
P.S. you'll have to buy special shampoo and conditioner. Because they are sodium free.
If you want to keep all your hair please dont do this treatments or a Japanese treatment!! My sister had long beautiful perfectly frizz-free curls all the way down to her waist and they were black with naturally gold highlights and she found out about the Japanese Straightening treatment and did it for her fifteenth birthday when she came home it was GORGEOUS but,kind of flat in a few months it wouldnt wash straight it would wash a little wavy but still pretty. 
I have been doing the Japanese Hair Straightening YUKO for 7 years. It has changed my life. I love it! People who don't like it went to the wrong hair stylist... I even have color treated hair and never have had a bad one..Do your home work before going to anyone. Hair stylists will always tell people they are a specialist at it but get referrals..
I have been getting my hair straightened with the Japanese treatment since 2002, almost 8 years! It is life changing. Just like the comment before, if you have had extreme damage, your stylist must be inexperienced. I go to a tiny salon in a small suburb in MI, not a really ritzy place, but just a great, experienced stylist with a lot of training. You must research before you get this done. If you have bushy, unruly hair I would definitely consider this! Best thing I have ever done. I am starting to look into the Keratin, just to see they difference.
I've been getting Japanese straightening done for the last 6 years. My hair is shiny, manageable and never ever frizzy all the time. You do have to do your research and go to someone with experience. A good stylist is not cheap (unless you go to Vietnam where it's around $30). You won't have body, but that's what straight hair is. It's an investment. I get touch-ups twice a year and I've seen some real disasters so be careful where you go. 
I did the Japanese Hair Straightening twice. Destroyed my hair, burned my scalp (i had scabs) and it never really worked. My hair was still frizzy and instead of curly hair i had terrible wavy hair. My hair has never been the same since. Its been about six years since i have had it done and my curls still don't curl like they used to.
I had my Japanese Hair Straightening in Tokyo and that was amazing. My hair was awesome afterward. I decided to do that again in Seattle and my hair just come out amazing. I am Asian and have thick asian hair. Now it is glossy, straight, and just stay in place. The place I went to did both the Japanese S. and Brazilian Keratin. I had the Japanese Yoku Straightening. They had the straightening with iron in a clam, clam, and zip zag straight pull method. With the Brazilian method they just clam and pull. The Japanese method required more work and if someone is un-experience and doesn't do the zig zag method, it damage and frizz the client hair. Just a word of caution.
I have had both the Japanese straightening and the Keratin and here are my thoughts for those of you considering them:
