Stiffness of Human Hair Correlates with the Fractions of Cortical Cell Types

    April 2019 in “ Cosmetics ”
    Yusuke Ezawa, Shinobu Nagase, Akira Mamada … Takashi Itou
    Studysummary In this study, the bending stiffness of human hair was linked to the varying proportions of para-like versus ortho-like cortical cells within the hair fiber.
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