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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair treatment agent capable of recovering damaged hair and imparting gloss, suppleness, and smoothness to the hair, and using the hair treatment agent. And a hair treatment method capable of further improving the gloss, suppleness and smoothness of the hair. SOLUTION: A hair treatment agent is constituted by containing hydrolyzed silk or a derivative thereof, carboxymerchitin and sericin. Further, after treating the hair with the hair treatment agent, the hair is treated with a hair treatment agent containing an alkyl quaternary ammonium salt. The content of the hydrolyzed silk is preferably 4 to 15% by mass, and the content of carboxymerchitin is preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass. The sericin content is preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass. |