Novel Insights Into Hair Structure and the Effects of Chemical Stressors on Hair and Skin Using Label-Free Advanced Light Microscopy

    January 2017 in “ Durham e-Theses (Durham University) ”
    Rebecca Riches-Duit
    Studysummary This study developed new label-free imaging methods to analyze human hair, identifying distinct chemical environments within cuticle layers and changes in hair structure caused by depilatories, while showing that the treatments tested did not significantly affect skin cell differentiation or proliferation.
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