Hair Relaxers

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Across:

1. Most commonly used relaxer in salons
4. Reforming chemical bonds
5. Hydroxide ions
6. Swells twice its diameter
9. Result of chemical reaction
10. advertised as "no-lye" relaxer
11. Must use protective coating on scalp before relaxer
12. Not compatable with sodium hydroxide relaxers
13. Relaxer similar to lithium hydroxide
14. Formulated for extremely curly hair
15. Broken by heat and moisture
17. Rearranging hair structure from curly to straight

Down:

2. One sulfur atom is removed from a disulfide bond
3. Product contains oil ingredients to aid in protections
7. Bond only broken by chemicals
8. strength of relaxer for fine hair
16. pH 14, highly caustic