Petra Johnson's Page

Now people can do this whole straightening treatment at home ( DIY ) sold on the Internet . ..Though a  Lengthy process and with amazing insights , I have learnt alot and have done a fair amount of research also on the Internet . Seeking answers as to whether our hair will grow back fully and to WHY this has happened , I have uncovered to my alarm a VERY BIG PROBLEM . 
After phoning , yet another Trichologist in Cambridge . I have now had my eyes totally opened . Seems hairdressing has been taken over by a NEW SELF CONTAINED INDUSTRY . In one area they are turning out unsuspecting women with their newly " Keratin Straightened Hair " ....... Then eventually, in time ,  these poor women go running back , with HAIRLOSS ,being treated in another area . The Hairloss products going a bundle. They call these places clinics and according to the Trichologist , that I spoke to , they are very busy with hair loss , through STRAIGHTENING PRODUCTS . Big Business it seems . Is it Ethical ? Is it Worth wrecking hair , lives, our hairdressing industry and the future . I love my chosen profession and I love REAL HAIR . The fake hair that I personally have courtesy of Kerastraight will be binned IF & WHEN ???? it grows back ( I very much doubt it ) No Trichologist will be able to answer this , as this is still a relatively new phenomena . All I ever wish for , is  to continue being happy in my chosen career , which I love with a passion . For me to do this , I will do my utmost ,to Banish this "Hair loss Industry " . It is criminal , and never before have I known such underhand tactics , 

My name is Petra Johnson . I have been hairdressing 35 years and I've been in business 22 years , with a thriving salon in Stamford , Lincolnshire . I was approached by a rep to take on board one of the New Relaunched Hair Straightening products , that is supposed to be Reformulated in the space of a few weeks ???? Myself and  my sister ( 2 different hair types ) and for training purposes tested the product before we launched it to the public . We both have 50% +........HAIR LOSS . The salon was a smog of fumes and it stank of rot . As did my hair for at least 3 weeks . The same smell . What was that ? as this was supposed to be formaldehyde free !I sent back the product, confiscating one sample ( Trading Standards are visiting me 30th August to test it )  I have been in touch with the MD of the company that gets his supply  from Brazil . We have spoken in length and was foolish enough to tell me , that he first tried out his new formulated product on his mother's fringe . It FELL out but was confused as hair was falling out on her crown too . I explained that it would be when it was rinsed through .He is insistent that after a doctors appointment , and then being diagnosed with a thyroid problem ,his mothers hair loss was because of that and not his product . Insisting that I too ought to be tested for that ! ( I have proof of this conversation in emails sent between ourselves ) For him and to prove that it was his product , I had tests done at the doctors . All of which I passed and have proof of the results . Truth is this product should not touch the scalp and in training one has to apply a centimetre from the scalp . There will be a reason for this .... I'm presuming that very much like applying Bleach with 18% peroxide you would cause extreme damage to the scalp . Everyone forgets though , that during rinsing it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep it off the scalp . Some of these products the client goes away for 3 days with this product on their hair , sleeping ( hair touc