The Relationship Between Types of Hair Coloring With Hair Damages and Scalp Problems in Medical Students of University Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
January 2016
in “
International archives of medicine
”
TLDR Hair coloring is strongly linked to hair damage and scalp problems.
The study conducted at the University Sumatera Utara examined the relationship between hair coloring and hair damages/scalp problems among 300 medical students. It found that 77% of the students experienced hair damages, with the most common being a combination of split ends and hair loss (41.5%). Additionally, 64.3% of the students had scalp problems, with scaly scalp being the most prevalent (45.1%). The relationship between the type of hair coloring and both hair damages and scalp problems was statistically significant (p=0.0001), indicating a strong correlation.