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Platinum blonde bleaching - breakage?

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Topic: Platinum blonde bleaching - breakage?
Posted By: ahen151
Subject: Platinum blonde bleaching - breakage?
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 1:02pm
My hair (naturally level 7 ash blonde) has been through a lot in the last year.  It was originally hilighted blonde, then I dyed it level 2 dark brown.  I kept it that color for about six months, and since then I've gradually been lightening it with weaves.  It's taken me three months and I'm at a light neutral blonde color, but I want to be PLATINUM!  I was thinking I'd just do a bleach out, so I went to a consultation with a new stylist and she told me I'd have to sign a waiver in order to do this because she was really worried that my hair would suffer severe breakage.  She told me my hair didn't look or feel damaged, but it had very little elasticity.  I told her that I'd completely bleached my hair out before & it didn't break, but she told me this still didn't rule out severe breakage this time around.  So now I'm scared to bleach it all.  Any advice???  I've been making sure not to heat style my hair & I've been conditioning like CRAZY!  Let me know if you have any good advice for this topic.  It's been 6 weeks since I've processed my hair from roots to ends. 

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thanks.


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Posted By: Claude
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 1:31pm

In those 6 weeks you've done daily conditioning but have you done any weekly deep conditioning treatments? Look into having the L'ANZA 5 Step Deep Conditioning Treatment and get yourself a good leave in conditioner as well. Before attemping any kind of chemical service I would want your hair in the best possible shape....deep condition with L'ANZA for 4-6 weeks weekly using their 5 step treatment. Continue to condition daily then let the stylist evaluate your hair and take it from there. Listen to the stylists advice they know better than you. Bleach is a very damaging process to the hair if not done properly you could suffer breakage at or near the scalp and many times I've just break right off in the shampoo sink.

Find a color your content with and stay away from the chemical processes for a little while. It's in your best interest.

G'luck

Posted By: ahen151
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 11:31pm

Thanks for the advice.  I've been using a good leave-in conditioner, but my stylist told me to only use deep conditioners containing protein as one of the main ingredients only twice a month.  She says too much protein can actually increase breakage.  I just had my hair done today & what she's going to do is touch up my roots & then pull the bleach down the hair about 5 minutes before shampooing.  She said after doing this a few times my whole head will be the color I want it. 



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thanks.


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