What is another word for neutralizer?

What is another word for neutralizer?

• A. Oxidizing Agent
• B. Reducing Agent
• C. Waving Lotion
• D. Set Agent

Answer: (A)

Neutralizer’s job in perming is to halt the reduction and re-establish the hair’s disulfide bonds by oxidation. After the hair’s bonds are broken by the reducing agent in the waving solution, the neutralizer oxidizes the hair to reform the bonds in the new shape. That oxidative action is why it’s described as an oxidizing agent. The reducing agent used earlier (the waving lotion) does the opposite by breaking bonds. A term like set agent isn’t the standard name for this step. So the correct term is an oxidizing agent.

Neutralizer’s job in perming is to halt the reduction and re-establish the hair’s disulfide bonds by oxidation. After the hair’s bonds are broken by the reducing agent in the waving solution, the neutralizer oxidizes the hair to reform the bonds in the new shape. That oxidative action is why it’s described as an oxidizing agent. The reducing agent used earlier (the waving lotion) does the opposite by breaking bonds. A term like set agent isn’t the standard name for this step. So the correct term is an oxidizing agent.