Download or read book How Hair Extensions are Sourced, Treated and Graded written by Diane Shawe and published by Diane Shawe. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hair extension bible informs you about what you don’t know as a budding hair extension technician, consultant or trainer can be harmful to your clients and your business. This book is a summary of years of work and research with hair and some of what has been noted throughout that time by other reports and blogs. For instance what is the effects of the swelling of Hair? Swelling is one of the most damaging conditions of the hair. It loses flexibility, natural bounce, elasticity, and strength and is much easier to break how can you avoid this? How is hair treated once it gets to the factory? Once the hair arrives at the factory, it is treated in a hydrochloric acid bath to remove the cuticle. A word of warning - hydrochloric acid is extremely hazardous. Please do not put yourself at risk by experimenting with this chemical! But back to the problem. It’s not the remy hair; remy hair is relatively easy to process and the damage inflicted during de-cuticalization is slight. Non-remy hair is the villain. A little book full of facts and advice that will keep you informed and up to date with the hair extension products