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Thermal Protection
Hi all, I came across this claim on a hair styling product:
Thermal Protection: up to 500°F (260°C).
Is this a “loose marketing claim” or does this claim need substantiation? If so, how? Can’t imagine a hair strand will survive this temperature for a long time regardless of the hair styling product used. -
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I should have added that it is not a product specially made for blow drying
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OK, I’m giggling. It’s awful, but really dark humor. Healthy hair burns at Just over 450F, (actually 233C/451.4F). I’m just imagining someone taking that claim seriously…
I know, I’m a horrible person before I’ve had enough coffee.
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Perhaps they have in vivo test results
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Love it.
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That’s indeed really funny, didn’t realize hair starts to burn at that temperature. 🙂 Croda however promises “outstanding heat protection” up 220C with their Mirustyle, Sounds still pretty high to me…
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I have done some hair straighteners but to a very basic level as it was dropped eventually for reasons we all know, nothing better than Methylene Glycol (aqueous formaldehyde solution) but regulations won’t let you go beyond 0.2% maximum. During those trials we used to have silicones in formulations to claim thermal protection but that was it. Maybe the link below further gives away something.
http://justprimalthings.com/2015/11/19/natural-heat-protectants-for-no-poo-water-only-hair/
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For sure that it will not protect from infinite high termal exposition but i wonder if it can do it temporary at least. In theory the mechanism is to avoid water evaporation and reducing heat transfer. Do they really do it?
I wonder if this last property it is true, would not be contradictory if you are precisely trying to heat it? -
@PharmaSpain good point.
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