Which term describes the act of loosening hair texture?

Which term describes the act of loosening hair texture?

• A. Relaxing
• B. Perming
• C. Texturizing
• D. Pressing

Answer: (A)

Loosening hair texture is achieved by relaxing, a chemical service that uses a reducing agent to break the disulfide bonds in the hair’s cortex. After the bonds are broken, the hair is reshaped into a straighter form and a neutralizer re-forms the bonds in the new configuration. This lowers curl and achieves a straighter, looser texture. The other processes do different things: perming creates or enhances curls by reforming bonds into a curved shape; texturizing alters texture to reduce curl while keeping some wave and usually without full straightening; pressing uses heat to flatten hair temporarily with no chemical bond changes.

Loosening hair texture is achieved by relaxing, a chemical service that uses a reducing agent to break the disulfide bonds in the hair’s cortex. After the bonds are broken, the hair is reshaped into a straighter form and a neutralizer re-forms the bonds in the new configuration. This lowers curl and achieves a straighter, looser texture.

The other processes do different things: perming creates or enhances curls by reforming bonds into a curved shape; texturizing alters texture to reduce curl while keeping some wave and usually without full straightening; pressing uses heat to flatten hair temporarily with no chemical bond changes.