Keratin Treatment Fried my hair beyond my worst nightmare

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Keratin Treatment Fried my hair beyond my worst nightmare

by Alison
(Silver Spring MD)

I recently received a keratin treatment at an Aveda spa in Maryland. The stylist is a friend of mine and has before this, always done an amazingly good job with my hair. My hair is medium length, medium wavy, and a little bit fine. After decades of professional platinum blonde highlights, and the last few years of heavy flat iron use, I thought I needed a serious conditioning treatment. The stylist assured me this product had no formaldehyde. I think the treatment stayed on my hair for 15-30 minutes, in addition, the stylist used a flat iron throughout, to seal in the product.

In total, I was there almost two hours, and I was asked not to wash my hair for 48 hours. Those two days, my hair was extremely flat, but that was not the worst of it. When I finally washed my hair, I noticed it had been completely destroyed. The structure of each hair strand looks as bent and wiry as corn-husk hair, But drier than dry. The strands do not lie flat, but frizz beyond recognition. It is so awful. My scalp is also pink and tender.

This is the worst hair experience I have ever had. My stylist assures me that others have had great result with this treatment. Perhaps, the product stayed on too long for my particular hair. Perhaps the flat iron within the process was too much. But it is really bad. I do not recommend this procedure for anyone.

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Keratin Treatment Fried my hair beyond my worst nightmare

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frizzy hair
by: Kristi

I also had the keratin treatment done & my hair is now frizzier than before & its so thin.
I wanted to know if you did anything to make your hair better??

Deep conditioning is not helping!

AWFULL
by: Lisa

I had the keratin treatment done on my hair and it went so frizzy and ruined beyond control- I ended up having to cut two inches off and it still looked like crap. Then this other keratin company wanted to use me as a hair model on stage for the Long Beach hair convention to show how their produce will even fix the ruined treatment. This however made it even worse and now im going to have o cut off another 2 inches of my hair! Tell everyone not to do it!!

FRIED MY HAIR TOO!!!
by: Anonymous

My hair is fried too!!!! I went to one of the nicest salons in San Antonio, and nobody gave me any kind of information about "formaldehyde" (I found out it contains carcinogenic properties, and also the fumes are very dangerous), plus there were no warnings about anything else either.
I have over-processed hair, that is why I went ahead and paid more than $300 dlls., and when I washed it, all my hair was fried.......

I'm very disappointed with the treatment, that they don't give any warnings, and with the salon, where supposedly are "professionals".

Keratin Treatment Fried
by: Wanda

I have BKT done on my hair last June and it was great at first. By the end of the month, I have alot of split ends and the hair started falling out. Its the worst ever!!! So far I had to cut it twice and still is I have alot of split ends. I recently started using Aphagee and Dr Miracle to help with the bold spots and growing. Do you have any recommendations on how to remove the BKT

Surprised!
by: Bobbie

I am surprised at the comments. I offer this service in my salon and have had no complaints. The iron needs to be adjusted to different hair textures and color process's. This could have been the problem. The iron fried the hair. I use Keratin complex smoothing therapy by Coppola. Sorry about your hair.

Disaster
by: Martha

I also had my hair done in San Antonio and my results were also disastrous. This product and process is not for everyone. The reason I tried the treatment was because I was sold on the fact that it would remove the frizz and make my hair shiny. This is all I was told.

The result was that my hair lost all manageability and now I have thin oily looking strands. The more I blow dry it I cannot get a wave of any sort and these straight strands do not favor, since I need volume to cover my thinning hair.

I believe the 3-days that I was asked to leave the product on was a bit over the top. Now, the only thing I was told to do to remove the product was to go back to using shampoos that have sulfate in the ingredients. So far no luck. Does someone else have any ideas?

a positive experience
by: karen

I had the keratin treatment over a month ago and I absolutely love my hair. After a life time of frizzy hair, it is smooth silky and fantastic. I just hope it lasts along time. I can't believe how easy it is to have great hair all the time. My hair is colored and the color also looks great. I had it done at Elizabeth Arden.

Keratin Hair Treatment by Coppola
by: Anonymous

I have scheduled an appointment to have this done on Sept 24 2009. I have very long thick wavy curly frizzy hair. I am hoping to only tame the frizz. I was told it would take at least three hours. I will update you the results...however...after these comments I am getting very nervous about the procedure after reading about what happen to someone after only two hours of keeping the product on their head.

Way too shiny
by: Jaclyn

Though the Coppola Keratin hair treatment has totally removed the frizz from my hair, instead of looking shiny the root areas looks greasy. I can no longer wash my hair the night before. I have to wash it the morning of because within hours the shiny starts looking greasy.

The results?
by: Katie

Anonymous, can you please tell us how your hair went with the keratin treatment?

I'm thinking of getting it done. My hair is long, thick, very curly, dry and quite frizzy. The main thing I want to eliminate is the frizz/dryness, I don't mind the curls. However I do NOT want to have this treatment if its gonna make my hair greasy/oily, I would rather have dry hair.

Can anyone who has similar hair to me who has had the treatment give me some tips please?

Limp and Greasy!
by: Anonymous

I too had the Coppola method and my hair is sooo greasy. I have to wash it everyday. It is limp and lifeless.

still great hair
by: karen

It has been three months plus and my hair is still incredibly terrific, silky and straight. I'm about to do it again as new hair is growing in of course.

3rd time
by: SMH

I just had this done for the 3rd time. I LOVE IT. I have naturally curly hair which I hate, so this to me is a miracle. It leaves my hair so much more manageable.

Works but doesn't do wonders
by: Anonymous

I had the Coppola treatment done about a month ago. I have noticed one very small spot that looks frizzy and kinky like the others mentioned previously but my hair HAS really become more manageable and easy to take care of.

It used to take at LEAST an hour with the flat iron and blow drier just to tame my crazy hair. It was bleached and very dry so it became wavy and frizzy. Now with the treatment I can walk out of my house with wet hair and it looks like it was dried and flat ironed...but a little TOO flat and straight. I expected at least a little body.

My hair is also very greasy and there's no way I can go over 24 hours without washing it. Plus, if you have platinum or light blonde hair, I would reconsider because it turned mine a yellowish color that I spent so much money trying to stay away from. It's great in a sense that it saves me time but now it's brassy and greasy. I don't think I will do this again unless I go dark and don't mind flat hair.

Sorry so long! :)

Do not recommend
by: Anonymous

I had the treatment done about 2 months ago. I will not have it done again. The shampoo doesn't leave my hair clean at all...Looks like I have dandruff even when I step out of the shower. I also have split ends...

For body
by: karen

I just had the treatment for the second time. I obviously love it. In terms of body, I need to do a little flat iron and then a little curling iron, I'm talking about only minutes of each and then I have body and beautiful hair. My hair is double processed and the color is great. There are two shampoos that I know of, and I wondered if you have tried both of them.

I HATE BKT!!!!
by: Anonymous

I had the bkt done in September. It was a complete disaster!!!!! My hair is completely fried!!!! It is now January and i am still battling with it. The only thing that seems to get me by is doing a deep conditioning once a week. I cannot even curl it anymore, Does anyone know how long it took for their hair to be back to normal????

Brazilian Blowout Disaster
by: Anonymous

I have had the BKT, and the Coppola with fantastic results. Just tried the Brazilian Blowout because I loved the fact that I could shampoo my hair right away, but my hair looks fried.

My stylist cut an inch off the ends, but it didn't help. I have been using a deep moisturizer, but frankly, don't think it will revive the weakened hair strands. Blow-drying the hair makes it look worse, but if I use a curling iron, it softens the look. I'm probably making the situation worse.

Does anyone have a solution that has worked for them....other than just cutting off my hair? If not, how long did it take for your hair to return to normal?

Keratin is great!!!
by: Anonymous

I have been doing the Keratin treatment for almost two years and have had no complaints. I used to go to a salon to get it straightened and it would be the most uncomfortable experience. But now with the Coppola Keratin Treatment, my hair is gorgeous and I am never going to go back to the way my hair used to be!!! Love, love, Keratin!! =)

Damage treatments
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With respect to hair damage, breakage or similar experiences read comments on this post: Reaction to keratin hair treatment and also check damaged hair treatment section.

Great hair
by: karen

I'm about to have keratin done for the third time. I positively love it. My hair requires almost nothing to look great. This is the hair I have dreamed of my whole life and now I have it.

Frizzy Hair from Brazilian Blowout
by: Frances

I had my stylist cut about 1 inch off the ends which didn't solve the problem but removed the "worst" part.

I've been washing my hair with Bed Head's Foxy Curls, Frizz Fighting, Sulfate Free Shampoo AND using Redken's Smooth Down Butter Treat for very dry/unruly hair. Make sure your hair is very wet when you apply it and leave it on for 15 minutes.

My hair is long enough to wrap in a bun, so I've been sleeping with it wet. If it's high on your head, it will add the look of volume. In the morning, I've been using a curling iron NOT a flat iron, but set on a medium temperature. The curls seem to soften the look of the frizz. It's been two weeks now, and my hair is looking better.

For my bangs, I've been softening the look by putting C-System Hydrating System on the dry ends. My stylist used an ammonia free dye on my hair to darken it a couple of shades. This closed the hair shaft and my hair "appears" softer. The only thing she said I could do now to completely get rid of the frazzled look, is to have a blunt hair cut.
Let me know how everything works out for you. Good Luck!

Conditioned Hair
by: Anonymous

I have thick curly hair with tight curls. The Keratin Treatment removed the curls, which is what I wanted, and the Keratin shampoo softened my hair. I still have to use the flat iron to straighten and smooth out my hair, but when I do, it looks and feels great.

I would recommend this treatment for anyone with thick curly hair with the caveat that you still have to style your hair, but it's worth it.