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Need formulation services for keratin hair smoothening system
Dear All,
We are a cosmetics manufacturing unit in India are looking for an expert Formulator who can help us formulate a hair smoothening system. We are comfortable working with overseas consultants.
Can someone guide how we can go ahead and find a good consultant for the project? If you are interested, phase do in your profile at pranavatpodar@gmail.com.
My biggest dilemma is to find an expert who has previously worked out has sufficient skills to formulate the products ( treatment, shampoo, conditioner, etc)
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I haven’t come across a true product in this line until now, formaldehyde/or its precursors are used in one form or other under the disguise of this and that. It is a very profitable line, I have seen people making tons of money but the ethics are completely missing.
Or maybe I haven’t been looking in the right direction where the hair can be straightened without the use of formaldehyde release during treatment. -
@Chemist77 - how are the ethics completely missing? If companies are using formaldehyde to cross-link the keratin protein to hair for straightening and they aren’t exceeding allowed limits, what’s the problem with that?
I agree there are companies that have used way more formaldehyde than is allowed but this doesn’t mean products with only the allowable amount are unethical.
I’m curious about your perspective.
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Im interested too.
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@Perry
https://www.google.ae/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/productsingredients/products/ucm228898.htm&ved=2ahUKEwia246VuoLeAhVROBoKHdKeDPgQFjAKegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw3rfvNMUYt5emeMfdn3b-8l
There seems to be a dead end when it comes to straightening hair with maximum effect without the presence of formaldehyde during hot ironing. There have been few new things but I am not very sure how they perform comparatively. The dosage recommended by FDA compared to actual being present is always different in most of these products. I was referring to those cases where they have made wrong claims related to formaldehyde and which are one too many. I agree with you that there are products those follow FDA guidelines and completely ethical but they are either too mild for such treatments or not too visible. The customers expect a 6 month effect after one such treatment and I am not sure how that would be possible by following the legal limit. I would be interested to know of such products which are equally effective while sticking to FDA guidelines and hence I stated above that maybe I have not looked in the right direction. -
I agree
Using formaldehyde at or below the maximum allowed concentrations yields no straightening whatsoever.There are some fromaldehyde-free patents and formulas, but it ain’t clear that they’re any better to thioglycolic acid hair relaxers.
@PRANAV9 maybe it’s better to stick to existing thioglycolic acid formulations, and just add a conditioner to reduce hair damage, either added in the straightening fomulation, or as after treament.
i.e. I always wondered if BTMS if compatible with thioglycolic acid. At the end only experimentation can tell.
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