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Question:
I'm Thinking of Trying a Treatment That Uses Liquid Amino Acids, Baking Soda, and Yogurt to Define My Curls. What Do You Think?
Answer:
This treatment sounds like another way to take people's money away from them. Baking soda is basically salt, and salt is corrosive. Yogurt is in there as a gimmick (they most likely put it in there because it sounds natural so people will buy it), but it doesn't actually do anything (see protein for why—basically protein in this form is too big to be absorbed into the hair). At the most, yogurt in there because it has protein, as are the Amino acids (protein is made of amino acids). But all this is at best is a protein treatment (that can hurt your hair because of the baking soda). And though some studies show some protein may strengthen hair, it can not repair it. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.
And if you are using it to define curls, I feel a good conditioner does the job well already, without the damage of the baking soda, and the cost of a "treatment" that may end up hurting more than helping.
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