Today, there are thousands of conditioners in the market, all claiming to solve specific hair problems. Conditioners should add moisture, strengthen hair, make it shinier, untangle, smooth split ends, add fullness and more.

Conditioners work in a variety of ways. Some only works on the cuticle and others actually penetrate into the cortex for longer lasting results. These latter conditioners are called deep-penetrating treatments because they are used occasionally for therapeutic reasons.

Conditioners take a certain amount of time to penetrate the hair. After that time, there is no added benefit. Leaving a conditioner like a protein treatment in longer can actually do more harm than good by drying the hair out even more, so please do follow directions on the package or your stylist’s advice.

For those who have an oily scalp, use a gentle cleansing shampoo than apply a rinse out conditioner, for example like ion moisturizing treatment or professional prescription enforce. Working the conditioner well into the ends and rinse thoroughly.