Can anyone explain to me...

Jun 20, 2016

Jessica D.

Why do some hair types reject protein?

A while back I did a coconut oil treatment on my hair for the first time, hearing about the wonders it does for seemingly EVERYONE. For me though, it made my hair actually worse than before I used it, and it didn't go back to my normal for maybe 2 months. I looked it up and found a page that said that some hair types just reject protein and to try moisturizing treatments instead. I switched to olive oil and it works wonders on my scalp and strands.

My question stems from this: I'm in cosmetology school and we have this new protein treatment to offer, but it's a rule that all the students need to do it to tell clients how well it works. I told my teacher my hair rejects protein, but she won't get off my case about trying it. I've tried researching on my own but I can't find what I found before.

If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it. She thinks I'm a snob or something and it's agitating bc it's not like that. I'd like to show her a webpage or something that says I'm not making it up.

My hair is my hobby, I take very good care of it. It's virgin and I almost never use heat on it. Could that be a factor?

Jun 20, 2016

patty s.

I am sure protein treatments are for damage hair, and since you take good care of your hair you don't need it.

Jun 20, 2016

Alexis C.

I saw a thread on here a few weeks ago where someone (I want to say Shaye but I can't remember) said something like damaged hair benefits from protein treatments but in already healthy hair it just gets overloaded and doesn't benefit at all. It's not the the hair is "rejecting" the protein, it's just that healthy hair doesn't need it and the hair can't process the extra protein.

Jun 20, 2016

Jessica D.

Thank you for replying!

Alexis, I know that, but no one really believes me bc they've never heard of it happening before. You're right, my hair doesn't need it whatsoever, but I would just like to prove that I'm not full of it ya know

Also Trevor, I completely agree with all that. It is a marketing ploy, you can't fully repair the hair once it's damaged. You can use products to help smooth and whatnot, but anyways I agree with you. I just need to prove to my teacher that I need it so she can get off my case. I told her my hair won't take it and I'm not doing it, but she keeps teasing me saying my hair is "too healthy" and stuff like that. Straight up called me out in a rude way in morning announcements in front of everyone. I'm just sick of her attitude towards me and the only virgin head of hair in the group so I'd like to just shut her down finally

Jun 20, 2016

Ashley D.

I don't know about protein treatments for hair but I know that coconut oil doesn't work for my hair or skin because I'm allergic to it.

Jun 20, 2016

Jessica D.

HMMMMM.. Ashley, that's a good point. That was the only time I ever used it on or in my body, so I guess I don't know if I'm allergic or not. Could you tell me more? What happens to your hair/skin?

Jun 21, 2016

Ashley D.

My hair got really dry and my scalp started to itch a lot and felt extremely dry.
My lips looked like I never drink water and my skin just got really dry and cracked, I started to bleed it got so bad. I was also really red and my skin felt like it was burning

Jun 21, 2016

Jessica D.

It was a long time ago, I don't remember if it made my scalp itchy, but my hair became very... just the opposite of like silky. Maybe dry? My hair is straight and pretty soft, but with the coconut oil it kinda like stuck together and was... just not soft or tangle free like normal, and it didn't go back to normal for about 2 months. Anything similar for you?

Jun 21, 2016

Ashley D.

I didn't take that long for it to go back to normal but it did feel heavy and felt like there was a lot of residue even after I rinsed my hair for 20+ minutes, but it still felt dry, not moisturized.

Jun 21, 2016

Jessica D.

Very interesting. Good to know that's also a possibility, thank you for sharing :)