What Factors Play a Role in Unhealthy Hair?

November 2011 in “ Informa Healthcare eBooks ”

Jamie Zussman

Studysummary Environmental, chemical, mechanical, and personal health factors can all damage hair and contribute to hair loss or changes in hair quality.

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research Hair Breakage in Normal and Weathered Hair: Focus on the Black Patient

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This review discusses how hair care practices impact hair breakage, particularly in patients of color, and reports no clinical results; the authors review testing and measurement advancements and highlight gaps in understanding structural differences.

research Healthy Hair: What Is It?

47 citations , November 2007 in “The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/The Journal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings”

This review discusses how various factors, including cosmetic procedures and scalp conditions, can damage hair, but highlights the availability of products to improve hair health; it reports no new empirical results.

research Analysis of Structural Changes in Permanent Waved Human Hair Using Raman Spectroscopy

45 citations , December 2006 in “Biopolymers”

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.

research Sunscreens and Hair Photoprotection

24 citations , January 2006 in “Dermatologic clinics”

This review discusses the chemical effects of UV radiation on hair, hair photoaging, and photoprotective measures, and calls for more focused research in hair photoprotection as a field.

research Hair Loss: Is There a Relationship with Hair Care Practices in Nigeria?

57 citations , September 2005 in “International Journal of Dermatology”

This study reported that chemical relaxants and hair styling practices were associated with scarring hair loss, particularly among women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecias.

research About Photo-Damage of Human Hair

66 citations , September 2005 in “Photochemical & photobiological sciences”

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research Human Hair: A Unique Physicochemical Composite

203 citations , June 2003 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology”

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research Ethnic Hair Update: Past and Present

73 citations , June 2003 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology”

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research Female Pattern Hair Loss

226 citations , September 2001 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology”

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research Hair Care Products: Waving, Straightening, Conditioning, and Coloring

150 citations , July 2001 in “Clinics in dermatology”

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research A Nationwide Outbreak of Alopecia Associated With the Use of a Hair-Relaxing Formulation

54 citations , September 2000 in “Archives of dermatology”

In this study, 95% of respondents reported severe hair breakage or loss after using the Rio Hair Naturalizer System, with many experiencing significant and lasting hair loss.