How to Bleach Your Hair Without Damaging it?

 How to Bleach Your Hair Without Damaging it?

Whether you are a natural blonde who wants to be blonder or someone who wants to cross over to a brighter hair shade, you will need to lighten your hair. Even though doing so will give you excellent results, it will surely damage your beautiful locks to a certain extent due to all that hair bleach used. The good news is that there are proper ways to lighten your hair, which will give your hair the color of your dreams without damaging them.

How is hair lightening done?

Bleaching or hair lightening can be considered as a two-step process as described below.

Step 1:

To begin with, ammonia or any other alkaline ingredient in the product, will open up the hair cuticle which is the outermost layer of your hair strand and let the hair lightener to get into to the hair.

Step 2: A hair lightener works by breaking up the hair pigment in your hair so that light can be reflected through it and will give you a blonde hair appearance. In reality, the pigment is still there, but it is broken up to the extent that you are not able to see it.

The catch in this whole process is that every time you use hair bleach or hair lightener to break your hair pigments, it also breaks down around 15 to 20% of the disulfide protein bonds existing in your hair, which will contribute to a significant protein loss in your hair which in turn will cause intense damage to your hair. Let us see how we can minimize such damage.

Why do you need to see a professional hair colorist for bleaching your hair?

Keep in mind that bleaching your hair is not a do-it-yourself thing. On the other hand, it is a complex chemical process which if not done correctly, can cause significant damage to your hair. Not only that, bleaching your hair requires excellent hair coloring skills and experience. Please be aware of the fact that trying to bleach your hair as a DIY process may cause irreversible damage to your hair. Therefore, it is recommended to hire a professional hair colorist to do the job for you. In addition to this, a professional hair colorist might be knowing how to do a progressive lightening of your hair, which is always a better option than making drastic changes. They will also be able to space your coloring appointments in the proper way depending upon how light you want your hair to be.

Apart from this, another benefit of consulting with a professional hair stylist is getting access to the superior hair products they have in store. For example, most hair colorists will be having a PH-Bonder with them, which they directly add into the hair lightener to protect protein bonds from damage. It means you will considerably decrease the number of sessions needed to get the color you want if you hire a professional and use superior hair products available with them.

Home treatments to protect the hair after bleaching

There are some home treatments also which you can try. A chemical named cysteic acid is produced when you bleach your hair, which breaks the hair down. There are some protein reconstructing hair treatment sprays which you can use to neutralize the damage caused by this acid. This spray also equalizes the absorbency of the hair, which helps to impart an evener tone and color to your hair. You can start using it a month before your first appointment after every third shampoo. You can increase the usage as after every other shampoo after you color your hair.

Another top product for strengthening hair is the extreme length sealer for split end treatments. These are an excellent option if you have long and fine hair because they contain biotin and protein, which will help to strengthen your hair. You can use these after every other shampoo. They can be applied either on wet or dry hair, concentrating on mid-lengths to ends.

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