How can i find out how things work like hair straighteners like technically.?

Question

I need the technical things like a website would work and maybe if you can explaine it to me in great detail it is for a school project so if you know anything then please answer my question.

Answer 1

Hair straighteners (and perms) work chemically by breaking sulfur bonds in hair protein. Hair protein (keratin, the same stuff in nails) is a long, narrow protein that grows in parallel bundles (which is why hair grows in strands and nails are flat). These bundles hold together because of sulfur bridges between strands. Think of rungs on a ladder. The keratin makes up the sides of the ladder, and the sulfur bridges are the rungs.

When you straighten or perm your hair, the chemicals (which are strong bases) break the sulfur bridges. Then you reshape the hair and the bridges reform, holding the strand straight or curly (or whatever you did to it).

If you leave the chemicals in too long, the bridges can't form again, and your hair falls apart.

The best way to learn about how a home perm works is to read a chemistry book. Keywords: sulfur bridges, acids and bases, proteins. And read up on keratin in a biology book.

Answer 2

go to floica it a beauty online hair store that sells hair falt irons