Keratin Treatment Basics for Frizz-Free Hair

1. What is keratin and keratin hair treatment?
   
2. How is keratin hair treatment different from hair smoothening?
   
3. Can you do keratin treatment at home?
   

There are numerous reasons for frizzy hair – dust, dirt, pollution, lack of moisture or even texture . Though you may not be able to control these factors, but taming frizz-prone hair is in your hands. If a smooth, shiny and sleek mane is the preferred hair type, you might likely have explored the option of getting keratin treatment. This treatment helps in getting rid of frizzy flyaways. And while it promises good hair every day, you might be concerned with how it impacts your hair health.

Read on to know more about keratin basics to help you decide if this is what your hair needs.

Keratin is a structural protein found in hair, nails, and skin. This protein smoothens frizzy hair and strengthens the roots to prevent breakage and damage caused by heat styling.

A ‘salon keratin treatment’ is a semi-permanent chemical process that smoothens and straightens your hair to make it look sleek and shiny. It uses a formaldehyde-releasing solution that changes hair structure. The hairstylist will saturate your hair with the solution for 20 minutes. Together with a hairdryer and a flat iron, this solution works through your hair strands to first break the bonds and reseal them for straighter hair. Keratin hair treatment tames hair frizz, and the results usually last for up to six months. And yes, keratin treatments work on coloured hair as well.

Keratin treatment is the most obvious choice when it comes to transforming frizz-prone hair. But, a hair smoothening treatment is equally effective, without altering your hair texture drastically. The differences between these two procedures are:

• Hair smoothening is formaldehyde-free, while keratin hair treatment is not.
• The smoothening treatment penetrates deep into the cortex of your hair instead of simply resting on the cuticle, unlike the chemicals used in keratin treatments that coat the outer layer of your strands.
• Though the application process is similar, smoothening treatment formulas are not as potent as keratin.
• A smoothening treatment gives you hair that is frizz-free and looks more natural, as compared to the poker-straight look courtesy a salon keratin treatment.

Even though a salon keratin treatment is much-recommended, this procedure can weaken your hair over time. Instead, you can choose safer, easier alternatives that give you healthier, smoother hair without the possibility of hair damage.


Enter Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Conditioners. This range of intensive conditioners is created with Pantene’s innovative Pro-V formula and is the answer to all your hair woes. From frizz, dryness to colour-treated hair; these conditioners protect, repair and revive your hair to give you salon-like finish that’s hard to miss. You can use any of these conditioners for a DIY treatment.

How to Use: After shampooing, apply the conditioner onto your wet hair, wait for 3 minutes and then rinse. The nourishing formula penetrates the core of your hair and strengthens it from inside. The result? Soft, smooth hair that’s healthy inside out.

Salon keratin treatments give you sleek, straight and shiny hair, but sometimes at the cost of hair damage. It’s safer and more convenient to choose from the Pantene 3 Minute Miracle range of conditioners to keep your hair frizz-free, smooth, soft and looking great every day.