The Naturalaxer contains no caustic or harsh chemicals. Most hair relaxers contain sodium hydroxide (lye), calcium hydroxide ("no lye"), or lithium hydroxide. these chemicals break the bonds in your hair and erode your hair cuticle.

Skin Biology is dedicated to providing science based products that aid in skin remodeling and scalp conditioning. But since our main focus is scalp and skin health, we would strongly recommend that one consult a skilled hair care professional with a history of successfully working with chemical hair relaxers to see if that is an option for them personally and to recommend specific brands, treatments, and styles.

No, your hair will go silky straight with the heat from a blow dryer. However, you can still press your hair and it will hold the press until your shampoo.

We do not recommend applying the Naturalaxer on top of hair that is over processed with chemical relaxers, bleach/peroxide or damaged from excessive use of heat appliances. Use the African Wonders Recovery Treatment and Hydrolyzer conditioners on the damaged hair until your hair stops breaking. Trim your hair after each touch-up until the damaged hair has all been cut off.

Yes! The Naturalaxer comes in three strengths to soften the natural texture of all types of hair from (N1 - N5.)

Relaxing your hair all the way to straight takes away the resiliency and body. The Naturalaxer is thermogenic (heat activated.) It will get silky straight from blow-drying, wrapping, pressing or wet setting. Application tine of 15-20 minutes will relax your curl about 35%. Application time of 20-25 minutes will relax the natural curl about 60%. 30 -35 minutes will relax your curl about 80%. (We say about because it depends on how tight your natural curl is to begin with)

The rate of hair growth is determined by heredity. However, the Naturalaxer does not reduce the size of the hair cuticle or break the bonds in the hair, so you will be able to grow your hair longer.

We do not recommend using the Naturalaxer on children under 8years old. Always base your child's scalp with petroleum jelly before applying the curl relaxer. Rinse the product out and shampoo immediately if they complain of scalp sensitivity.

If your natural texture is very curly the Naturalaxer will loosen the curl. Hair that is in a zigzag pattern will become wavy and wavy textured hair will be straightened by the Naturalaxer.

You should apply the Naturalaxer to relatively clean dry hair. Hair gel or heavy petrolatum based styling products will affect the results of the Naturalaxer.

Both Rio and Copa are on the acid side of the ph meter. The Naturalaxer is on the alkaline side of the ph meter. Acidic formulas have been shown to cause tightly curled (N3 - N5) hair to become dry and hard. Alkaline formulas soften our hair type.

Absolutely! The Naturalaxer is compatible with hair coloring products except those with metallic salts, peroxide or heavy coating agents such as henna and Bigen.

The bonds in your hair are not broken so your hair retains its genetic memory. However, the layers of your hair have been softened and will go silky straight when heat is applied.

We do not recommend it. The previously relaxed hair is probably straight already or may be overprocessed. We recommend doing a strand test to determine how long to leave it on your hair that will eliminate the need to do it over.

The Naturalaxer will not damage your hair, only soften it so it will not be a problem if you slightly overlap.