Sorry for the long delay. I ended up staying in Europe a little longer than expected, but believe me it was well worth it. Here is the "Structure of Hair" presentation I promised to put up. Just as a reminder, the topics I covered in the slide pertained to the cuticle, epicuticle, a-layer, exocuticle, endocuticle, cell membrane complex, cortex, para-cortical cells, ortho-cortical cells, macrofibrils, microfibrils, matrix, alpha-helix, and the medulla.
Structure of Hair
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Great presentation, the stylist needs this Back to Basic 101,in determining their clients hair structure. Stylist have to take more time evaluating the hair. This vital information is right at their fingertips, just a click away. Looking forward to next presentations.
Thanks,
Evelyn
Thanks for the feedback Evelyn.
Concerning the cuticle layer of a hair strand one differs from the other with the amount of cuticle layers and with African descent hair there is even less in the kink. So is it the amount of cuticle layers which determines hair texture (fine, medium, coarse)?
Mr. Fahiym
The texture of the hair is based upon how much medulla and cortex someone has in their hair.
Hair that has more medulla will be "coarse". Hair that does not have medulla is classified as "fine".
Medium hair has less medulla than "coarse" hair but has more medulla than "fine" hair.
Dr Ali Syed
With the texture of the hair being determined by the amount of medulla and cortex someone has in their hair. Then it would stand to reason that a strand of hair can change in texture after a chemical service?
Seeing how everything that goes into the body can be detected in hair, would the intake of certain nutrients change hair texture?