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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1988
Marion DenBeste, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Muhammad Akhtar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Johnson Products Co., Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved no-base aqueous sodium hydroxide-based hair-straightening composition having a pH between about 12 and about 14 comprises, as an active hair-straightening agent, a mixture of sodium hydroxide and a lesser amount of a hair keratin-disulfide reducing agent having a sulfhydryl functional group available from the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine, water-soluble homologs of cysteine and certain water-soluble derivatives of cysteine. The composition augments and enhances the hair-straightening benefits of sodium hydroxide yet substantially overcomes negative hair conditioning problems normally associated with the use of sodium hydroxide. Cysteine is particularly preferred as the hair keratin-disulfide reducing agent. Also disclosed is a hair-straightening system and method for straightening hair with the foregoing compositions.