Hair styling method

Abstract

The health condition of client's hair is thoroughly understood prior to hair treatment by diagnosing the extent of damage in terms of perming, coloring, straightening, frequency of shampooing, home care, use of hair care products, and the like so that the most appropriate preparatory treatment, necessary softening time, liquid chemical, reaction time with liquid chemical, and ironing temperatures are determined according to the extent of damage to carry out a hair treatment procedure such as perming and coloring.

1 . A hair styling method comprising diagnosing a health condition of client's hair from the extent of hair damage and then treating the hair under the most appropriate conditions according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         2 . The hair styling method according to  claim 1 , wherein diagnostic indices for the health condition of the hair are perming design, perming curing, external hair appearance, or the state of coloring.  
     
     
         3 . The hair styling method according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the extent of hair damage is expressed by the sum total of the following grading indices: 
 1) indices for grade 1: whole perming, partial perming or tip perming, and whole straightening, partial straightening, whole coloring or partial coloring;  
 2) indices for grade 2: fine waves (about 10 mm in width), souvage, twist perming, kinky surface, tip splitting or broken hair, coloring (5 to 8 tones in brightness); and  
 3) indices for grade 3: dread (about 5 mm), aluminum perming, bleaching, and white bleaching.  
 
     
     
         4 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  3 , wherein necessary treatments are carried out by carefully selecting conditions in terms of wave strength, brightness of color, design, selection of a liquid chemical, preparatory treatment, selection of a pretreatment lotion, and the like, according to the extent of hair damage based on the result of the abovementioned diagnosis, and further taking great account of the applying area for the liquid chemical.  
     
     
         5 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  4 , wherein conditions for preparatory treatment are set according to the extent of damage of client's hair.  
     
     
         6 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  5 , wherein a polypeptide protein supplementing agent, hair nutrient and/or squalane oil are appropriately used for the preparatory treatment according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         7 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  6 , wherein a necessary softening time is set according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         8 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  7 , wherein the necessary softening time is appropriately selected to be in a range between scores of seconds and 20 minutes according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         9 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  8 , wherein a liquid chemical is selected according to the extent of damage of client's hair.  
     
     
         10 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  9 , wherein the liquid chemical is appropriately selected from hard type, normal type, or soft type chemicals according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         11 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  10 , wherein time for reaction with the liquid chemical is set according to the extent of damage of client's hair.  
     
     
         12 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  11 , wherein the time for reaction with the liquid chemical is appropriately selected to be in a range between one minute and 20 minutes according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         13 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  12 , wherein an ironing temperature is set according to the extent of hair damage.  
     
     
         14 . The hair styling method according to any one of  claims 1  to  13 , wherein the ironing temperature is appropriately selected to be in a range between 100° C. and 180° C. according to the extent of damage of client's hair.