Hair Bleach Is A Preparation
Hair Bleach Is A Preparation
Hair Bleach is a preparation which lightens the hair by removing the pigmentation. The bleach reacts with the melanin in hair, removing the color in an irreversible chemical reaction. The bleaching chemicals break down the melanin and replace it with the new color represented by the accompanying tinting agent.
Depending on how dark your hair is naturally, your underlying pigment could range from rusty orange to pale yellow. Strongly bleached hair looks yellowish, because keratin itself is naturally pale yellow. This natural color is the reason why an elderly person’s white hair looks slightly yellow at the roots.
Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most common lightening agents. The peroxide is used in an alkaline solution, which opens the hair shaft to allow the peroxide to react with the melanin. Tints are added to bleaching solutions to achieve a more pleasing shade to the lightened hair.
There are certain physical consequences to bleaching your hair, foremost of which is severe cortical damage. Breakage, split ends, and frizziness await you and will require constant corrective attention. Also, your hair will lose its ability to hold pigment. Whether you want to add lowlights or try another color entirely, you will enjoy only temporary success. The color will come out over a couple of washings. You will have to wait for your hair to grow back out, in the meantime suffering the embarassment of the reverse-skunk look.