mscocoface
Well-Known Member
Okay, I need all the Chemist and protein experts to educate me on this one. Who knows it may help others.
I am finding myself on the verge of calling my hair protein sensitive but before I make that official claim I believe I need to understand protein products and what they really do.
I have seen on some products different types of protein in their ingredient list.
Hydrolyzed wheat protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Marine protein
Silk protein
Keratin protein
Egg protein (which can be eaten or used directly on the hair)
Aloe Vera Gel (not sure what type of protein is in that, please let a sistah know, thank you! I am taking a wild guess at vegetable protein)
Then you have basic protein groups Animal, Hydrolyzed Human and Wheat. (There could be other groups these are the groups I have found in my search.)
Here are my questions there are many and they may have been answered in the past but I can't find anything about them in the search function.
What are ALL the different proteins used in haircare products?
Is there somewhere I can find a definition for all of them?
What is a light protein versus mild protein versus strong protein? Need examples is this like and egg (light), Infusium 23 (mild) and Aphogee (strong)
What are the scientific names of proteins? Need to know what to look for on the bottles. For example I am told their is protein in Infusium 23 but I have no clue which of the names in the ingredients is the protein.
How can you determine which one you should use when you are not in a hair crisis?
When you are protein sensitive does that mean you cannot use proteins at all? But isn't the hair made up of protein?
Also does what you need make a difference depending on the type of hair you have and for the sake of argument not the abc stuff, but if you have 3ish hair would your protein intake be different than someone with 4ish hair?
I am speaking about natural hair at the moment, but if any of this applies to chemically treated hair then great the more the merrier.
I did find this article about putting protein in relaxers to help with them, which I will be showing to my sister since she does use relaxers but her hair is now breaking something awful. (Yep even the queen of natural hair care in the family still can't convince her sister to step over to the natural side, but that is another thread. If she is happy then I am happy but I want her to keep what she has and get it healthy again.) http://hair.lovetoknow.com/Adding_Protein_to_Hair_Relaxer Let me tell you right now I have no knowledge of who this person is that wrote the article or if her information is solid nore am I promoting any of the products in the article. I am trying to help my sister and I want you all to tell me if what she is saying is bogus or makes sense with regards to putting protein in the relaxer. Thanks.
I have been researching this for over a week and I am more confused now than when I started looking into this issue of proteins.
Thanks for giving me insight. I hope this will help others in their quest to keep it growing healthy.
Again, appreciate the help.
Disclaimer: This thread in no way is condoning or meaning to be offensive to anyone natural or relaxed, protein users or non protein users
I am finding myself on the verge of calling my hair protein sensitive but before I make that official claim I believe I need to understand protein products and what they really do.
I have seen on some products different types of protein in their ingredient list.
Hydrolyzed wheat protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Marine protein
Silk protein
Keratin protein
Egg protein (which can be eaten or used directly on the hair)
Aloe Vera Gel (not sure what type of protein is in that, please let a sistah know, thank you! I am taking a wild guess at vegetable protein)
Then you have basic protein groups Animal, Hydrolyzed Human and Wheat. (There could be other groups these are the groups I have found in my search.)
Here are my questions there are many and they may have been answered in the past but I can't find anything about them in the search function.
What are ALL the different proteins used in haircare products?
Is there somewhere I can find a definition for all of them?
What is a light protein versus mild protein versus strong protein? Need examples is this like and egg (light), Infusium 23 (mild) and Aphogee (strong)
What are the scientific names of proteins? Need to know what to look for on the bottles. For example I am told their is protein in Infusium 23 but I have no clue which of the names in the ingredients is the protein.
How can you determine which one you should use when you are not in a hair crisis?
When you are protein sensitive does that mean you cannot use proteins at all? But isn't the hair made up of protein?
Also does what you need make a difference depending on the type of hair you have and for the sake of argument not the abc stuff, but if you have 3ish hair would your protein intake be different than someone with 4ish hair?
I am speaking about natural hair at the moment, but if any of this applies to chemically treated hair then great the more the merrier.
I did find this article about putting protein in relaxers to help with them, which I will be showing to my sister since she does use relaxers but her hair is now breaking something awful. (Yep even the queen of natural hair care in the family still can't convince her sister to step over to the natural side, but that is another thread. If she is happy then I am happy but I want her to keep what she has and get it healthy again.) http://hair.lovetoknow.com/Adding_Protein_to_Hair_Relaxer Let me tell you right now I have no knowledge of who this person is that wrote the article or if her information is solid nore am I promoting any of the products in the article. I am trying to help my sister and I want you all to tell me if what she is saying is bogus or makes sense with regards to putting protein in the relaxer. Thanks.
I have been researching this for over a week and I am more confused now than when I started looking into this issue of proteins.
Thanks for giving me insight. I hope this will help others in their quest to keep it growing healthy.
Again, appreciate the help.
Disclaimer: This thread in no way is condoning or meaning to be offensive to anyone natural or relaxed, protein users or non protein users