Waving, straightening, and hair lightening or coloring and all the service that permanently changed the hair are included as the chemical hair service. There are more than 200,000 licensed cosmetologists and more than 17,000 licensed barbers in the state in August 2004 in California. When you find your hair is not in the best condition, you should consider asking the operator to do a pretest. In this fact chemical hair care sheet you will find the different pretests.
In this sheet you will also find how you are protected during the procedure of chemical hair care. To protect the client skin, for all chemical hair service, a towel/ or other hygienic neck strip must be used. This also will protect the client from contamination that may drip during the service. The towel should be changed frequently, when it gets to wet, it cannot absorbs more liquids. If the towel has absorbed chemical drips, prolonged contact to it can damage the skin. When the client gets contact to the chemical solution they should remove the chemical solution immediately. And when the client feels the dripping on their skin or burning, he should immediately tell the operator. The 2 last tips for you that you can find in the sheet are Can the strong odor hurt me? and why do I have to wait before shampooing my hair?
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