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Wow, I must have missed this one. Sorry It took so long to get an answer. Deep conditioners are used whenever hair is dry, damaged, frizzie, or heat styled alot. There are products specifically marked "deep conditioners" but basically and good conditioner can be turned into a deep conditioner by putting hair in a plastic cap and going under the dryer or heat cap for 15 to 20 minutes. I use Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat, which in itself is a deep conditioner for super curly, dry, and/or frizzie hair. I use it as my regular conditioner, but once a week I use it under a heat cap for 15 minutes for really deep conditioning. The heat causes the hair shaft to open up allowing the treatment to penetrate deeper. They can be done on any hair type. Is just a matter of getting the right kind for your hair type.
For Curly, dry, frizzie hair, you want a heavy conditioner with lots of emollients, and maybe silicones.
For fine regular hair you want a lighter conditioner that is light or free of cones, depending on the hair. Some hair does great with silicones while others don't like them. Anyway these are just some examples. The trick is to find what kind of conditioner is right for your hair type.
Protein treatments are designed to treat hair with severe damage, from either neglect, coloring, chemicall treatments etc. Hair that has been damaged can never really be repaired, but the protein treatments will help strengthen the hair and keep it from breaking off and/or falling out while you grow it out. What it does is, it goes deep into the cortex of the hair, under the hair shaft, and fills in the holes left by the damage with protein molecules. Protein treatments are also used as damage control treatments for people like myself who do heat styling, or people who use chemicall treatments, like color, perms, relaxers etc. In that case you do the treatment about once per month. You don't want to over do it, because too much protein can actually cause hair breakage. Protein treatments are not designed to make hair soft and silky. So any time you do a protein treatment you need to deep condition afterwards, otherwise your hair will feel like straw.
Just like with deep conditioners, protein treatments can be done on any type of hair. Some people, although rare, have hair that doesn't really like protein. Or so they say. I usually think they are either using the wrong product, not using it the right way, or using it when they don't need it. Most of the time they don't know that protein is not supposed to make your hair soft, and that deep conditioning is needed afterwards. That's why they think (at least in most cases)that their hair doesn't "like" protein. Hair is made of protein, so it is imposible for hair not to like it.
And moisture treatments are exactly that. A treatment for hair that is lacking moisture. Hair that is dry or styled with alot of heat appliances are usually in need of moisture treatments once in a while.
If your hair is not lacking moisture, then moisture treatments should be avoided, because too much moisture, (just as a lack of enough of it) will cause hair to become frizzie.
Hope I answered your questions.
Much love, Shary
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