Hair botox, explained before it is offered

No. Nothing is injected and there are no needles involved. It is a professional conditioning mask applied to the hair, processed under heat and sealed with a blow-dry and iron. The name is a marketing borrowing from a cosmetic procedure it has no connection to, and it is the single biggest source of confusion about this treatment.

Not permanently, and that is by design. Curl and wave are loosened and calmed, frizz drops, and the hair is far easier to blow-dry straight if that is how you want to wear it — but the pattern remains. If permanently straight hair is what you are after, say so at the consultation and you will be told honestly whether your hair is in a condition to take a straightening system, and whether it should be done now or later.

Typically several weeks to a few months, and it fades gradually rather than ending on a date. Where you land depends on how porous your hair was, how often you wash, whether you use a sulphate-free shampoo, your water at home, sun and pool exposure, and how much heat you use. It is described as a range because it genuinely is one — a fixed number would be a guess with a price attached.

Often yes — coloured and bleached hair is frequently exactly the hair that needs it. What matters is the timing and the current condition, so the consultation asks for your full chemical history and a strand test is done where the history is complicated. If the hair is breaking rather than dry, the answer is a cut and a repair plan first; adding weight to fragile hair makes it worse, and we will say so.

The lines kept for this treatment are chosen as formaldehyde-free, which is one of the reasons hair botox suits guests who do not want a stronger chemical process. You are welcome to ask which product is being used on your hair and to see the packaging before it is opened — the answer is the product name, not the category.

Usually when the previous result has genuinely worn off rather than on a fixed schedule, which for most guests means a few months apart. It is not a treatment to stack: repeating it early on hair that is already conditioned tends to leave it heavy and limp rather than better, and you will be told to wait when that is the case.

It can, which is why fine hair is assessed carefully. The treatment adds weight, and on hair that is fine and already coated with product that reads as flat rather than smooth. Where it is still appropriate, a lighter formulation is used and application is kept away from the roots; where it is not, that is said before you book.

Two to three weeks is comfortable. That gives the hair time to settle after the first wash and leaves room to adjust the plan if the result is not what you hoped. It can be done closer to a date, but then the wait before the first wash has to fit around the event — so tell us the date at the consultation rather than on the day.

No. A split end is a shaft that has divided, and nothing binds it back together — the treatment coats it so it looks and feels smoother for a while, then the split continues travelling upward underneath. The only repair is scissors. Where the ends are badly split we will suggest the cut first and the treatment after, because paying for a mask over ends that are about to be removed is money spent twice.

It will not. The treatment works on the hair you already have, from the shaft outwards; hair fall and thinning start at the scalp and the follicle, which no conditioning mask reaches. Treated hair often reads as fuller because it lies flatter and reflects more light, and that is worth having — but it is an appearance, not a change in density. Persistent shedding belongs with a doctor first, and we will say so rather than sell you an afternoon.

The masks sold as home kits are milder by necessity, and the part that decides the result is not the product anyway — it is the clarifying wash, the saturation across sections, the processing time and the sealing temperature chosen for your hair's condition. Done at home the usual outcomes are patchy coverage or heat damage from an iron run too hot over a wet, product-heavy mid-length. If you want to try one, tell us and we will say what it can reasonably do for your hair.

Not in the same sitting, and usually not close together. They are separate chemistries doing separate jobs, and stacking them leaves hair heavy and unpredictable rather than twice as smooth. The sequence that works is repair first and sealing later: hair botox now, then keratin or nanoplastia once the condition has come back and frizz is the only remaining complaint. Which order suits you is decided at the consultation, from your hair rather than from a package.