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Hair waving or straightening process and product

US4416297A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 1981
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2800/5426
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for waving or straightening hair in which an anionic surfactant is added to the hair reducing solution and the hair is treated either during a prewetting step or during neutralization, or both with a cationic polymer product which forms a substantially water insoluble complex with the anionic surfactant in the presence of hair.

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