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Sounds so nice – deep conditioning for your hair. And yet it seems impossible because hair is not living tissue. You wouldn’t try to deep condition a damaged, old wool sweater, would you? But then we don’t subject our woolens to the same handling we subject our hair. ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 Deep conditioning hair really means several things: softening the hair, bonding compounds to the damaged areas to make hair “hydrophobic” or water-repelling like healthy hair. Deep conditioning is meant to maximize those things which conditioner does for your hair: reducing friction to prevent tangles and resulting breakage from combing and other mechanical damage, sealing in moisture, adding flexibility and softness. ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 There are several aspects of deep conditioning: product distribution, substantivity (ingredients bond to your hair rather than rinsing off), product penetration into the hair, duration (time of treatment) and use of heat. ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 Distributi...