Metal Chelation Assisted Deposition of Polydopamine on Human Hair: A Ready-to-Use Eumelanin-Based Hair Dyeing Methodology

    February 2017 in “ ACS biomaterials science & engineering ”
    Kyung Min Im, Tae‐Wan Kim, Jong-Rok Jeon
    Studysummary In this study, polydopamine emerged as a safe and effective alternative to traditional hair dyes like PPD for dyeing gray hair permanently, showing resistance to detergents and causing less toxicity and hair loss in mice.
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