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alright, I have damaged... somewhat dry hair, I saw an ad for this conditioner that claims to remove up to 2 years of damage in 1 month... should I use it... my hair has some damage, not many splits though (seek and destroy) but would this product really work? anyone have experience with it, all comments are apreciated thanks.
Dave M.
Hi Dave,
I don't think there is any product that can actually repair damage that has already been done. The most that any product can claim is that it can make the APPEARANCE of the hair look better, it cannot clain that physical damage is being repaired. In this case, if you check the label carefully, it probably reads "corrects the appearance of two year's damage" or something to that effect. Once splits are present, the only repair is to trim them off with VERY sharp scissors, or simply let them grow out, to be replaced by new, undamaged hair.
Hope this helps,
David
Yeah, im skeptical too, but the label clearly reads "restore up to two years of damage by repairing sheen and silky feel"
Prob just makes it look healthy
Ill check out their website
The damage will only be removed temporarily. Damage can never be restored, just made to look back to normal with use of a conditioner regularly to even out the roughness.
I doubt it will restore your hair. It might mend any splits temporarily but not fix them. Like others said below, The only solution to splits is having them removed.
Good luck
* I said I don't have many splits, but some damage...
Anyway thats the best explanation, a temp. solution to a perm. problem lol
Absolutely, yes!!! It's the best deep conditioner I've ever used. Go get some, right now!!!
I didn't mean to suggest that it actually does "reverse" damage; I agree with the posts below that that's not really possible. However, this stuff makes my hair feel and look tons better.
And it was frying my hair...
Pantene is very harsh, but I do believe that if you use it only one (one bottle) it will be good for your hair. I remember when I first tried Pantene, I totally fell in love with the brand, so I tought I would stick to it. I did it, but I realized it was being really harsh on my hair. Pantene is very heavy and has got lots of silicones, so you shouldn't use it much. Tough, using it once is not bad =)
Good luck on your decision... I think it's always worth to try! =D
I guess it couldn't hurt, thanks for the comments guys esp. randy, ill take your word for it :)
I can't find anything out about the particular type of condx you want to try in the Pantene line because it must be new and not covered in the Paula Begoun guide book, however, generally the Pantene conditioners are viewed favorably in it.
Here's what it says;
Pantene's Pro-V name refers to the conditioning agent panthenol, however there is very little of this featured ingredient in most of their products. That's just fine because panthenol is not the star ingredient for hair, it is just one of the more overly hyped ones. The real star ingredient in Pantene's conditioners (which is really the main reason to shop this line) is not panthenol, but the unsung hero of hair-care, silicone. Combined with standard hair softening thickeners and detangling agents, Pantene has created an assortment of conditioners that leave all hair types feeling simply amazing. Pantene is owned by consumer product giant Proctor & Gamble.
Some of the best conditioners (that also happen to be the least expensive) can be found here; the styling products offer some pleasant-to-use, basic options as well as some more elegant choices for smoothing hair, including an excellent silicone serum. What's not so good: Almost all Pantene shampoos need to be revamped on two counts: 1. the drying and irritating ammonium xylenesulfonate (present in all but one of them) should be removed and 2. Proctor and Gamble needs to stop recycling the same shampoo, conditioner, and styling product formulations in product after product after product--you will not find another hair-care line where repetitiveness is so rampant.
What about silicones
Silicones are barely a blip on most people's hair care radar, but they are the primary ingredients in most conditioners and styling products--particularly those for dry, damaged, coarse, brittle, permed, or dyed hair--that make hair feel remarkable and behave beautifully. Even though silicones are merely conditioning ingredients, they have such amazing properties for hair that they deserve a section all to themselves.
Silicones are a vast range of ingredients, typically listed on an ingredient list as dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, or cyclomethicone, but there are many more. All of these are so vital to hair care and are used so widely in the hair and skin care industries that they deserve more praise then they receive. These unsung hair care marvels have an incredible capacity to cling to and spread over, under and around the cuticle. Silicone's unsurpassed ability to maneuver effortlessly over the hair shaft and hold up under water pressure or styling routines makes it superior for smoothing any rough edges on the cuticle. Even more astonishing is silicone's luxuriant, velvety texture. Silicone can impart the most wonderful silky-smooth feel to the hair. It is impossible to comprehend how awesome silicone feels unless you buy one of the laminate or anti-frizz serums that have become so popular in styling products and feel it for yourself. Those types of styling products are usually pure silicone, which allows you to feel directly how sensational the texture is.
Silicone not only provides temporary renewed smoothness to the hair, but also is the subject of an enormous amount of research demonstrating its extraordinary safety (I can't imagine who could be allergic to these benign substances). There almost isn't a downside, except that if you use too much of this stuff it can leave a greasy, rather than silky, feel on your hair. There is more to say about silicones...but for now consider it your dry, coarse, frizzy, damaged, brittle, overstyled, wiry, rough, hard-to-comb hair's best friend (Sources: "Household & Personal Products Industry," HAPPI, April, 2003; The First International Conference on Applied Hair Science, June 2004, Princeton, New Jersey; "Global Cosmetic Industry," April-May, 1999 pages 44-55; "Soap, Cosmetics, and Chemical Specialties," June 1998, pages 55-60; and "Cosmetics & Toiletries," April 1996, pages 67-72).
Oils such as mineral oil, petrolatum, and plant oils perform in a manner similar to silicone, but they have a far more greasy or sticky feel, and they lack silicone's ability to spread evenly over the hair, to impart a glossy (rather than greasy) shine, and to provide a silky feel. Silicones have incredible movement, leaving a thin, even layer wherever you place them; oils don't have this ability.
A note about shampoos
If you have dry, damaged, or coarse hair, a moisturizing shampoo can be your best friend. In essence, moisturizing shampoos are similar to the two-in-ones. A well-formulated moisturizing shampoo should contain gentle detergent cleansing agents, conditioning agents, water-binding agents, and silicones. The good news is that's exactly what most of them do contain. For those with dry, damaged, or coarse hair it is still important that you follow up with a leave-in conditioner.
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