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Permanent Relaxers
- Lye: The main active ingredient is sodium hydroxide.
- No-Lye: The main active ingredients are potassium, lithium, calcium and Guanidine hydroxide.
Hydroxide Relaxers are NOT compatible with Thio Relaxers.
- Thioglycolate: The main active ingredient is Ammonium thioglycolate.
Low pH Relaxers: The main active ingredients - ammonium sulfite and ammonium bisulfite.
Low pH relaxers are compatible with Thio Relaxers
Each whole number on pH scale represent a 10 fold difference in hydrogen ion concentration.