Anh Co Tran’s Guide to Hair Care After Chemical Treatments
Chemical treatments, whether it’s keratin straightening, perming, or coloring, can completely transform your look. But they also leave hair more vulnerable, making the right care routine essential. Anh Co Tran shares his expert tips on how to keep chemically treated hair healthy, shiny, and strong.
Replenish with Protein and Moisture
Anh loves Milbon’s Signature Products because each collection is infused with SSVR-Silk, a signature ingredient from Milbon that restores hair’s integrity and shine, delivering healthier-looking hair from the inside out. After a chemical service, your hair needs balance. Anh says protein-based products help strengthen the hair and rebuild structure. On the other hand, hydration and moisture products replenish softness and flexibility. His rule of thumb is: if your hair feels dry, go for hydration, and if it feels too soft or limp, that’s when you add more protein.
Anh’s Go-To Collection for Adding Protein to The Hair: Milbon’s Repair Collection
- Best for: Severely damaged or over-processed hair.
- Why it works: Powered by Dual-Repair Technology, this line intensively repairs and reconstructs fragile strands. It’s available as a professional in-salon treatment and as home-care products to maintain results. In addition to SSVR Silk, the key ingredient from Milbon is CMADK, a keratin-derived protein that restores hair’s strength by binding inside the hair and reviving each strand. If your hair has gone through heavy chemical services, Milbon Repair is a must for rebuilding strength and resilience.
Anh’s Go-To Collection for Hydration and Shine: Milbon Reawaken Collection
- Best for: Anyone experiencing dullness, dryness, or loss of flexibility.
- Why he loves it: Reawaken provides a nourishing balance of shine and hydration. It brings hair back to life by restoring what it naturally loses with age or chemical services—shine, bounce, and hydration. The Shine Rejuvenating Emollient Oil revives flexibility and the hair’s texture, the Amino-PCA Complex locks in lasting moisture, and the Leave-In Renewing Primer with Tamarind Gum softens and seals in shine. For clients with very dry or damaged hair, Anh often recommends the Shine Renewing Oil Shampoo once a week as a deep, luxurious boost.
Trims, Treatments, and Heat Protection
For anyone struggling with severe damage, Anh stresses the importance of regular trims or dusting split ends to maintain hair health. He also strongly recommends professional five-step conditioning treatments, like Milbon’s in-salon services, which restructure the hair more effectively than any at-home mask. Both Milbon’s Repair Collection and Reawaken Collection have in-salon treatments.
Another crucial step? Reducing daily heat styling. Flat irons, curling irons, and blow dryers cause far more dryness and split ends than daily shampooing. If you must heat-style, always protect the hair with a heat protectant such as Milbon’s Heat Protective Mist or Milbon’s Renewing Primer. Anh also loves Froth Blowout Foam from the Monochromatic Collection.
Daily Washing: Myth vs. Reality
Should you wash your hair every day? Anh says yes—if you want to. In fact, in Asia, daily hair washing is common. The key is using a mild, hydrating shampoo instead of harsh clarifying ones.
Dryness and split ends don’t come from the act of washing, but from the excessive heat styling often done after. So, if you love the feel of freshly washed hair, wash daily, just keep the products gentle and the heat to a minimum.
The Bottom Line
Caring for chemically treated hair means giving it exactly what it needs: hydration, protein, and balance. Anh Co Tran’s go-to recommendations—Milbon Repair for rebuilding strength and Milbon Reawaken for restoring shine and hydration—offer salon-quality care that keeps your hair strong, manageable, and beautiful.
With the right products and consistent trims, your hair can stay healthy and radiant long after your chemical treatment.