Gelatin masks at home - the benefits and harms

2023 Author: Alfred Shackley | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:14

Time passes, and women do not change. They are as addicted to fashion trends as they were many years ago. Is harmony in favor? An urgent need to go on a diet. Return to traditional methods of treatment? Passion for herbs and homemade potions.

Fashion trends have also touched cosmetology - home recipes for hair care are more popular than ever. One such fashionable product is a gelatin mask, which supposedly replaces salon lamination. You apply a wonderful composition on your head at home, and the hair becomes dense, smooth, shiny, you do not need to pull it out every day and waste time on styling.

Before experimenting on yourself with a new remedy, it is advisable to find out if natural gelatin is harmful to hair, and how to use it correctly?

Hair gelatin - a natural helper

Gelatin is made from the bones, tendons and skins of cattle and the bone mass of fish.

These components are processed - by splitting with alkaline hydrolysis and treatment with acid.

After extraction with water, an odorless and tasteless product consisting of natural collagen is obtained. The substance of this structure consists almost entirely of human hair and nails.

Animal protein is used in cooking as a thickener; in medicine, artificial plasma, hemostatic drugs, and drug shells are made from it. In industry, it is used for the manufacture of paper, X-ray films, as a component for many artificial materials.

It is advised to apply a gelatin mask to the hair roots to strengthen them and to make baths from animal protein to smooth the nails. It is advised to keep it for a short time.

Is it harmful to do desirable hair lamination at home? Indeed, during this procedure, the product is kept on the hair for at least an hour.

Hair mask with gelatin

The simplest composition of a gelatin mask:

• Dissolve 2-3 tablespoons of animal protein in half a glass of cool water;
• mixed with a very high quality balm for hair care (some use shampoo);
• slightly warmed up so that the components do not curl and thicken.

Apply for 15 minutes on the hair - without rubbing into the roots, insulate, and then rinse off with hot water.

Different ingredients can be added to the mask, depending on the hair problem:

• egg yolk;
• herbal infusions;
• vegetable and essential oils;
• irritating components that stimulate blood supply to the root zone.

In the latter case, the composition is rubbed into the scalp.

The proportions for the preparation of medicinal mixtures: 1 part of gelatin, 3 - the liquid in which it is dissolved; and an additional ingredient 1 part or 1 part each.

• Chicken yolk is injected if the strands are dry;
• ideal for owners of oily hair is the addition of henna;
• if the quality of the hair is normal, then the animal protein is dissolved in kefir or yogurt, and henna is injected to normalize the secretion of sebum.

After exposure to gelatin, the hairstyle becomes more voluminous, and the strands are elastic, silky, they have a healthy shine, it is easy to comb after such a mask.

All these positive qualities appear if the technology of using gelatin is not violated. As soon as the animal protein remains on the hair, the effect will be completely different. Hair will get tangled, combing it will be problematic, the color will become dull.

But the harm arises not because of the mask - because of the inability to apply it correctly.

Home lamination

Another way of using gelatin, which is now more popular, is a home lamination mask. After applying the mixture, gelatin remains on the hair, providing long-term care and protection from external influences.

Animal protein forms a film, enclosing each hair in a cocoon. This procedure is considered an alternative to salon lamination, although the effect lasts until the first shampooing of the head.

The lamination mask is applied according to the following algorithm:

1. Dissolve gelatin in the same way as for a regular mask;
2. At this time, the head is washed with shampoo and blotted with a towel to remove excess moisture. It is not necessary to dry, the curls should be wet;
3. The gelatin is heated - it is necessary to ensure that it does not curl up, and a professional nourishing hair mask is added to the "jelly". the consistency of the composition should resemble thick sour cream - you should get rid of the lumps;
4. Very quickly, the mask is applied to the hair, dividing it into separate strands. They retreat from the roots by 1 cm - the mixture should not get on the scalp. If this happens, then air access to the hair follicles will be blocked, and this is very harmful - it leads to dysfunction and weakening of the strands;
5. After processing the hair with gelatin, a plastic bag is put on the head and insulated with a towel. It is the package, and not the hat, since it is necessary to make a hole in its lower part, insert the nozzle of the hair dryer and inject hot air for 15 minutes;
6. After warming up, the head is carefully wrapped for another academic hour - 45 minutes;
7. This mask is washed off with cool water - the film should not dissolve.

Despite the fact that this procedure is compared with the salon, it is difficult to call these manipulations an alternative option.

Yes, the elasticity and silkiness of the strands in most cases increases, but since gelatin remains on the hair, they become more rigid. If the strands are sparse and thin, this is not bad, with a dense heavy structure of keratin rods, the hair may look greasy.

You should not count on the long-term effect of the procedure - smoothness and shine are preserved only with constant use.

And this is the main harm to the hair of a gelatin mask!

When the film is applied, the hair becomes heavier, and an additional effect is exerted on the follicles, significantly weakening them. If the quality of the hair is normal, the hair is healthy and strong, then there will be no harm from the mask for home lamination.

But the owners of thin and weak curls are advised to do it!

After applying a gelatinous film, the roots of weak strands are weakened even more, the rods dry out - they lack nutrients, since depleted follicles do not produce enough sebaceous secretions to feed them. The ends split - sometimes delamination occurs along the entire length. Weighted hair is more difficult to comb, a feeling of greasy appears, and hair loss may begin.

The consequences after an unsuccessful experiment with a gelatin mask have to be corrected for a long time. If gelatin was applied at home, then hair has to be treated in an outpatient clinic.

Among the positive qualities of gelatin masks are:

• lack of smell;
• naturalness;
• price;
• ease of use.

It is up to everyone to decide whether to use home remedies or not. It is impossible to say unequivocally that gelatin is harmful to hair or useful - everyone must decide for himself whether he needs to do it.