if you're acquainted with Botox, a treatment wherein botulinum toxin is infused into muscles to loosen up them for wrinkle-free skin, at that point the name "Hair botox" may make you raise a brow (that is, if you don't presently have Botox in your forehead keeping you from doing as such). Without muscle relaxing or wrinkles to cure, for what reason would your hair need Botox? On the off chance that you consider the way injectables smooth skin, "hair botox" is the ideal nickname for a profound conditioning hair treatment—which is actually what it is.

"Despite having 'Botox' in its name, there is no Botox (botulinum toxins) included," clarifies cosmetic dermatologist Michele Green, MD. "Hair botox is a deep conditioning treatment that repairs the damaged and broken hair fibers, which can be a result of stress and heat on our strands." To get familiar with this hair service, and deep-conditioning treatments, as a rule, we went to Green as well as a trichologist. Read further on to know every advantage of hair botox.

Advantages of Hair Botox

Not to be mistaken for a keratin treatment, which is a chemical treatment that soothes hair and disposes of frizz, hair botox is a non-chemical, profound deep-conditioning treatment that permits your hair to feel smoother and more hydrated. Green clarifies that numerous keratin treatments incorporate the chemical formaldehyde, which is utilized to secure and freeze hair strands in a straight position, while hair botox takes care of your hair with natural fixings. Since there is no set rundown of fixings that are needed to be included in a treatment for it to be called "hair botox," and the gears frequently change contingent upon the brand of the product, it's difficult to say precisely how the hair may profit by one.

So, Drs. Green and Labrecque call attention to a couple of things generally found in a hair botox treatment: caviar oil, antioxidants, B5, vitamin E, and collagen complex. Here’s how those fixings can conceivably profit the hair:

Battles free radicals: Caviar oil holds vitamins, which are significant for battling free-radical harm. As Green clarifies it, free radicals are in the climate, and the body creates a natural antioxidant that battles the free radicals. Yet, as the body ages, its safeguard mechanism decreases, and the free radicals begin to target the hair, which causes oxidative stress in maturing hair (which means it degrades or ages the hair). Hair botox contains antioxidants, B5, vitamin E —all of which battle the free radicals.

Fixes harmed hair: Collagen, one of the fixings in hair botox, is protein, and Green clarifies that protein is significant for hair that is dry, broken, fragile, or harmed through chemical cycles and heat styling. Eating an even diet with protein would be best, yet protein can likewise be applied to the strands through treatments and shampoo.

Adds moisture: Hair needs moisture and hydration to remain sound and breakage-free, as well as profound conditioning treatments; something like hair botox treatment. This is crucial for moisturizing strands and improving flexibility.

Reestablishes smoothness and gloss: If your hair is looking dull, feeling unpleasant, and needing nourishing oils, Green says this deep-conditioning treatment can help reestablish smoothness, and add gloss.

Smoothens strands: Green adds that hair botox can change even the most harmed head of hair into smooth, more full strands with commonly less frizz, because of oils that help seal the cuticle.

Hair Type Considerations

Green says dissimilar to keratin treatments, which are best for thick, wavy hair that is inclined to frizz, hair botox is viewed as protected to use for any hair type and is especially successful while tending to basic hair concerns, like split ends, diminishing hair, absence of volume, harmed hair, and dullness. Green adds that while keratin treatments will fix hair and eliminate frizz, hair botox is even more so intended for those with better, thicker hair.

When talking about profound conditioning treatments all the more generally, Green says everybody could utilize one. "Everybody needs a hair treatment, and every hair needs protein or moisture," Green clarifies. "I have yet to meet the person who has perfect conditioned hair, whether they have natural hair or color-treated hair or chemically treated hair—everybody needs to look after the condition of their hair."

Instructions to Use Hair Botox

Although hair botox is offered as an in-salon service, the deep-conditioning treatment can likewise be applied at home, contingent upon the item. As Green clarifies it, after washing and drying your hair, the profound conditioning formula is then applied (either yourself or by a hair specialist) to the length of the strands. Following 30 minutes, the hair is washed and styled to uncover shinier, milder, and smoother strands.