Anyone With Thick/Pouffy/Curly Hair Tried Japenese Hair Straightening?

Has anyone with thick curly hair gotten a Japanese straightening done, and liked how it worked?

I've wanted to try the japanese hair straightening, because it supposidly lasts long and works great. and its straight, sleek, and not poofy or frizzie.

my hair is a little past shoulderlenght, all one lenght. it is everything, poofy, frizzie, and thick. its in between curly and wavey.

I wanted some input from people who have had this done or know someone who has, to see if it would be an option for my hair.

i reaaallly need to do somthing about it and just using a straightening iron every day is not going to work, it takes too much time.

For people that have gotten it done with thick curly hair:

How did it work?

Does it look straight and thin?

How much damage did it do to your hair?

Is it worth it?

Do you have to style it?

Anyone With Thick/Pouffy/Curly Hair Tried Japenese Hair Straightening?

I have not used it but I have seen it done. If you have had any type of chemical (color, perm, straightner, etc) put in your hair you should not use it. SUpposedly it is only good if your hair is virgin hair, NEVER been touched. It can be very harsh and drying and sometimes critical hair loss.

Anyone With Thick/Pouffy/Curly Hair Tried Japenese Hair Straightening?

I'm thinking I should try it!

Anyone With Thick/Pouffy/Curly Hair Tried Japenese Hair Straightening?

i have thick curly hair and ive gotten it japanese straightened it before. it permanently straightens your hair - it doesnt come out gradually, you have to wait for your hair to grow back out (and hair grows on a average a 1/2 inch per month).

"How did it work?

Does it look straight and thin?"

basically what happens is they put chemicals on your hair for an hour or a half hour - i dont remember which. and then they wash it out and iron your hair a tiny bit at a time to make the hole thing STICK STRAIGHT and soooo much thinner. then they put on a sealent chemical thing for a little an d wash it out and your hair dries straight. but for the first maybe 3 days or somehting youre not allowed to get your hair wet or put it up or anything so as not to crease it.

"How much damage did it do to your hair?"

it basically just kills all the bonds in your hair so it does a lot of damage but its also really shiny so it doesnt look dead or anything

"is it worth it? "

its pretty expensive so price wise it depends how much you want it but keep in mind you have to keep on getting it done everytime your hair grows out because it is VERY noticible when you have thick hair. because your hair looks so much thinner then when it gorws out it looks really awkward until you get it re-done (NOT FUN!!) i had gotten it done probably about 4 times over the course of a year and half and then i decided i missed my curly hair and let it grow out (so during that time i had to constantly iron out the hair the was growing in becaus my hair was half curly and half striaght) it took me almost 2 years for my hair to completely grow out and my curls arent the same. (theyre still good curls but i used to have banana curls which i would still have had i not gotten it done).

"Do you have to style it?"

completely up to you. its like when you iron your hair only with less body so whatever hairstyle works for you -wear. atleast for me mu hair was usually in a ponytail or just down with a side part.

basically unless you absolutely MUSt get it done i would STRONGLY reccomend not to do it .

good luck.

Anyone With Thick/Pouffy/Curly Hair Tried Japenese Hair Straightening?

Japanese Hair Straightening.

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