Enhancing Properties of Damaged Hair Through Moisture Control via Construction of Highly Hydrophobic Surface

This study established a model of heat-damaged hair to assess hair care products, finding that daily hair drying for a month causes notable cuticle lifting, reduced mechanical properties, and increased protein release, and the model simulates even more severe damage.

This review reports that while essential oils are popular for hair health benefits like growth stimulation and hair quality improvement, scientific evidence supporting these claims remains limited and inconclusive.

In this study, researchers highlighted that while hair lipids are crucial for hair health and protection, surfactants in shampoos and conditioners can partially remove these lipids, potentially affecting hair structure, though the exact mechanisms remain poorly understood and require further investigation.

In this study, grape seed oil was found to be the most effective herbal oil for improving gloss and reducing fractures in various hair types.

This study found that low-molecular-weight hyaluronate significantly improved the mechanical strength and elastic modulus of overbleached hair by enhancing hydrogen bond networks within keratin.

This study found that Argan oil conditioner significantly enhanced tensile strength and retained hair color in bleached hair more effectively than Camellia oil.

This study found that shikimic acid- and maleate-based hair repair agents modified the structure of hair fibers, though they did not increase disulfide bridge content in the hair cortex.

This paper reviews the surface degradation of hair and describes how combining 18-MEA with specific surfactants can maintain hydrophobicity on bleached and weathered hair surfaces.

This study found that waving virgin human hair with thioglycerol at pH 9.0 using ammonia solution caused less damage than using thioglycolic acid, while maintaining good waving efficiency.

This study demonstrated that molecular dynamics simulations of keratin could effectively model the mechanical properties of hair, aligning well with experimental data, especially when conducted in vacuum conditions.

This study found that permanent waving treatment induces structural changes in the cortex proteins of white human hair, significantly reducing its tensile strength without altering the S-S band intensity.

This study suggests that increased amounts of less stable disulfide conformers in hair shafts may be linked to the brittleness observed in trichothiodystrophy.