Permanent straightening for curly hair

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Dd is 15. She has beautiful natural curly hair. We've been on a long journey with this hair! When she was younger I had no clue about curly hair so brushed it and put into ponytails, plaits etc.

When she got to about 11 she started to hate it as it was frizzy. We did some research together and found the curly girl method. She experimented with various products and now it is so much better. The frizz has gone and the curls more defined.

She goes through phases of liking it and hating it. She is on the autistic spectrum so her emotions are always quite extreme.

It was her birthday recently and she asked me to straighten it with straighteners. It took ages but she really liked the result of long silky smooth locks.

Of course now she wants it straight and she's back to hating it again. What are her options in terms of professional straightening? I am worried about harsh chemicals on her hair and of course the cost!

I know she may well like it better when she's older but right now she's a self conscious teen. Personally I don't like her hair straightened because it isn't her. But it's her hair and ultimately her decision and I want her to be happy.

I have curly and had chemical straightening once - it doesn't actually straighten it, it's just to help make blow drying easier, I didn't think it was worth the cost.

I have fine barely shoulder length hair, mostly I leave it natural but if I am straightening then babyliss big hair is great, really easy to use, though pulls hair a wee bit. I am going to try the new revlon straightener which apparently doesn't pull (lots of threads about it on here.).

Only irons or a professional blow dry will get you poker straight, but irons especially are a v old fashioned look, so I'm guessing she doesn't want that?

You can have it 'relaxed'. It's a bit like a perm but straight

You can get kits but it's probably best to see a hairdresser.
What sort of treatment may depend on the hair type (as in asian, mediterranean, north european or african type hair)

For the money you'd spend getting it done at the salon, you could buy her a decent pair of hair straighteners and a Revlon One Step. That way she can learn how to do her own hair and choose how to style her hair depending on how she feels at the time.

My mum has very thick frizzy hair, doesn't take to the cury girl method at all, and she hates curls. She's had keratin treatment for about 4 yesrs now. It's reduced her styling time has from 30 plus minutes of drying and straightening, to it being able to be left to dry naturally sleek and smooth. It's advertised as lasting 4-6 months but she can go 9 months before she notices any frizz returning.

Revlon One Step is about £50 BTW. My straighteners are Remmington and were £25 in Boots.

Just done a quick search, and a Keratin treatment might be the one as it is semi-permanent.

I mentioned the type of hair because friends with asian hair have had disappointing results with perms

Don't bother with home kits, useless!

I have the Revlon one step myself and I also use straighteners (mine is wavy rather than curly).

I don't think she would be happy with wavy. When I was straightening it, she was SO fussy, I thought it was done about 5 times but she kept finding bits of hair that had the smallest kink (this is the autism talking). I really want her to be able to manage it herself.

She just needs a perm.

However her hair will only be silky like that when it's straightened with straighteners. Which isn't sustainable.

Not sure a professional hairdresser would do this until she’s 16. Mine don’t do colour on my 15-year-old.

Not sure if it’s law or not, and there might be some who do chemicals at her age, but I wouldn’t trust them.

Also good to know that there is some hair that really, Wally can’t be straightened without lots of time and money.

Also think about the commitment. The new growth will still come in with her natural curls closest to her scalp (and most difficult to straighten at home with tools).

My daughter who has a lot of wavy, frizzy hair had a Botox hair treatment in Canada. Despite the name, there are not actually any chemicals and it’s a deep conditioning treatment that smooths the hair. Although the stylist said that she would have to blow dry her hair, she lets it dry naturally so there’s a slight wave but no frizz. Before the hair treatment, it took ages to dry and straighten her hair.

When I was at my salon a couple of weeks ago, my stylist was telling me she'd tried this (with a view to offering it in the salon) and was very impressed. Must admit, her hair did look great!

www.cocochocoprofessional.uk

I'm not sure if this is their official site, but worth asking if any local sales offer it.