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Reducing Human Hair

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Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair

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The primary reactions involved in permanent waving, straightening (relaxing), and depilation of human hair begin with reduction of the disulfide bond. In permanent waving, reduced hair is stressed (curled or combed straight) while molecular reorientation takes place primarily through a disulfide-mercaptan interchange process. Neutralization is then achieved either through mild oxidation or treatment with alkali (for some sulfite treatments).

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