Hair & Hair Care Products

First edition was published in 2009.

Features of this book are:

1- Recent classification and characterization of the different types of human hair are described.

 2- The mechanism and incidence of hair growth and loss and hair density vs. age of males & females are described for Asians, Caucasians and Africans in different scalp regions.

 3- Details of hair growth, physical and chemical characterization provide a better understanding of the hair structure.

4- Additional data for age and effects on diameter, ellipticity, elastic modulus, break stress and other parameters are presented with much larger data sets featuring statistical analyses.

5- Hair conditioning, strength, breakage, split ends, flyaway, shine, combing ease, body, style retention, manageability and feel parameters are defined and described.

Author/Authors: M. Baghaei, M. Ahmadi, H.R. Ahmadi – Ashtiani.

Year of publication:2009.

The book does not have open access and must be purchased.