Cosmetology · Chemical Texture Services

Compared with a perm, a chemical relaxer is used to:

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Reduce or remove curl, straightening the hair

A Cut the hair
B Reduce or remove curl, straightening the hair
C Color the hair
D Add curl

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A chemical relaxer is used to reduce or remove natural curl, straightening the hair, whereas a permanent wave is used to add curl or wave. Both are chemical texture services that permanently restructure the hair by breaking and reforming its internal bonds, and both demand careful analysis, scalp protection, and following directions because of their strength. Understanding the opposite purposes of relaxers (straighten) and perms (curl), while recognizing they share the same underlying chemistry and safety needs, is core exam content.

Source: Hair Care — Relaxers vs Perms

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Chemical texture services — permanent waving, relaxing and curl reformation — are tested on the chemistry (reduction and oxidation), the products (thio, hydroxide), processing and neutralising, and the safety checks before and during the service. This is one of 11 Hair Care questions on chemical texture services, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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Compared with a perm, a chemical relaxer is used to:

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