Isn’t it so confusing after you’ve had an expensive keratin treatment, and you don’t know what you can and can’t do?

One of the biggest fears was:
Can we brush our hair after a keratin treatment? ?
If you’ve been wondering the same, we have the right answer for you.
Let me break it down into 3 easy rules to follow:
• 1. Wait and allow the keratin to set in properly
• 2. Use the right brush (more on this below)
• 3. Brush gently. Do not brush to fix kinks

It’s as simple as that.
Of course, it would be weird if you could never brush your hair after a keratin treatment.
But you need to know how long you should wait, and how to brush your hair after having a keratin treatment to keep that fresh salon look and make it last.
The trick is to make the brush work with your hair, not against it.

Let us show you how.
How Long Should You Wait To Brush Your Hair After A Keratin Treatment?
We recommend you wait 72 hours (3 days).
Ideally, you wouldn’t do much of anything with your hair in the first 72 hours of a keratin treatment.

brush hair after keratin treatment
Make sure you don’t:
• Get it wet
• Tuck it behind your ears
• Style it or put clips or bands in it
In short, any over-manipulation will cause stress, damage, dents, and lines of demarcation in your hair if you don’t follow the 3 days rule.
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Just leave it alone while the keratin is still settling in.
Once you’ve passed the grace period, you’re free to brush your hair.
Choosing The Right Brush To Use After Your Keratin Treatment
To keep your hair neat and tidy after your keratin treatment, you need a special brush that can:
• Gently work out kinks and tangles
• Glide through your hair without roughing up the cuticles
• Soak up excess oils and sebum to minimize washing
• Remove dust, dirt, and lint easily
We don’t recommend you use a plastic or metal brush at all.
Because these brushes create static, are pretty rough, and they almost feel like tearing through your hair.
Plastic and metal brushes don’t have enough flexibility in their bristles to separate your hair while styling.
So avoid them.
We recommend you use a Boar Bristle Brush for keratin treated hair.
Let me explain why …
A boar bristle brush has gentle fibers in its bristles made of porous keratin fibers, which look almost identical to human hair in texture.
Designed to be kind and gentle, a BBB works with your hair. Not against it.

And the best part?

You’ll realise you don’t need to wash your hair that often, which helps to maintain the longevity of your Brazilian keratin treatment.
We are big fan of boar bristle brushes
Here are a few good reasons why you need one too.
A boar bristle brush:
• Moves with your hair, not against it
• Has pliable and flexible bristles
• Smoothes out tangles without causing damage
• Gently massages your scalp
• Helps avoid breakage in your hair
• It distributes sebum evenly to prevent greasiness on your scalp

The Best Way To Brush Your Keratin Treated Hair

• Brush gently to style
• Brush to stimulate your scalp
• Brush to remove dirt
• Brush to distribute your scalp’s natural oils
• Brush to tidy up your hair before sleep
• DO NOT brush to fix kinks and tangles!
• DO NOT do aggressive brushing
Use your hairbrush as a therapeutic tool to help your hair and your scalp.

If you have any kinks in your hair, it’s best to straighten them out, instead of brushing. Set your flat iron to a low to medium heat so that it’s not too hot.
Why Do You Need To Brush Your Hair After Keratin Treatment?
Even though a keratin treatment makes your hair easy to manage, it doesn’t mean that you’ll never have any tangles.
You can still wake up with messy hair, or end up with windswept tresses that you need to straighten out.
If you get into the habit of brushing your hair, it allows your hair to hang straight and loose – which is exactly what you want after a Brazilian.
It keeps your hair soft and manageable, therefore reducing the need to use extra styling products.
What Happens If You Over Brush?
Over-brushing your hair is never a great idea. Even though there are old wives tales about brushing 100 times a day, you rarely need to do that.
Brushing your hair too much can:
• Cause more breakages
• Make your hair more frizzy with static
• Make your hair lose volume
When you have a keratin treatment, the need to brush your hair is even lower. Not only is brushing a lot unnecessary, but it could be damaging too.
Brushing too much could also mean your hair ends up looking wonky. Anything you do to your hair in the first couple of weeks after a keratin treatment could leave its mark until the treatment wears off.
So avoid excessive brushing.
Make a habit of only brushing at night before you hit your bed.
Avoiding The Need to Brush
The best way to avoid brushing too much is to avoid the need to brush. That means preventing tangles and kinks in your hair.
One of the times when you’re most likely to want to reach for a brush is when you first wake up. You have to do something about that bed head!
Fortunately, bed head is less of a problem when you’ve had a keratin treatment. But you can still wake up with slightly messy hair. So what can you do about it?
Sleep on a silk pillowcase. Trust us – this helps a lot.
Silk is much kinder to your hair – no more breakages and tangles!

The benefits of using a silk pillowcase:
• It prevents tangles and creases
• It helps your hair retain moisture
• It’s hypoallergenic
• And it feels awesome

Can you brush your hair after a keratin treatment?
Yes, you can.
But remember:
• Wait 72 hours after your treatment
• Do it gently
• Use the right hair brush
• Do not overdo it
• Your keratin treatment should reduce your need to brush your hair by a lot.
• You only need to brush your hair to keep it healthy, clean, and tidy. NOT to fix tangles.