Neutralizing _____________ And restores the disulfide bonds.

• A. Reforms
• B. Remodels
• C. Renews
• D. Reconditions

Answer: (A)

During permanent waving, the neutralizer’s job is to re-form the disulfide bonds that were broken during the waving solution. This oxidation step creates the new cross-links in the hair’s keratin, effectively setting the curl in place. That action is best described by the word reforms, because it captures the chemical rebuilding of bonds that stabilizes the shape. Other verbs don’t express this bond-making process in the hair’s structure, so they don’t fit the idea of what the neutralizer does.