HI All

Sorry to make my first post to this forum as such a dire warning, but I really feel that I have to pass on this warning to you, and hope that you will pass it on to others. I also hope that if anyone else has had the same misfortune as my wife, you might be able to suggest a remedy to us.

Fifteen days ago, my wife left the UK to return to The Philippines. It was a sad occassion - her father's funeral - but whilst she was there, some totally incompetant hair salon, persuaded her to have her hitherto attractive and naturaul hair, treated to a straightening process known as 'rebonding' with a product called "Mondes Hair Rebonding System". The result has been a total disaster - her previously healthy and natural looking hair now looks like something that Barbie Doll would be ashamed to wear. It is flat, lifeless and a total mess. She is distraught, as you can imagine, but, apparently, there is nothing that can be done to rescue her good looks (she now looks at least ten years older).

The product is listed on an internet site, but it is simply a marketing site which takes no responsibility for the products that they distribute. Reading other web sites it appears that products like these do irreversible damage to your hair, with people reporting hairloss (sometimes as much as a year later) with products and treatments such as these. It also appears that tehse treatments are widespread in The Philippines and other far eastern countries, but are virtually unknown in the western world - I wonder why !!

My advice to you would be to avoid all such treatments, especially if the salon intends to use this "Mondes" product. It chemically destroys your hair and it seems that there is no certainty that your hair will ever recover - even new growth may still be affected. ANd if anyone has suffered a similar misfortune and knows of a way of recovering the natural hair, I and my wife would be very, very grateful if you could let us know how. I am in the process of contacting several top London Salons (and I mean top ones) to see if they can suggest a remedy, and I will gladly pass on anything that they suggest.

Best Wishes to all

Peter