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Explore Haircare coverage from Nenna Beauty: Haircare with skincare's rigor: ingredients, hair type and porosity, techniques from named stylists.

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Haircare

Seasonal Hair Shedding Is Real: What Six Years of Trichograms Show

Seasonal hair shedding is a documented biological pattern, not an old wives' tale. In a six-year study of 823 healthy women published in the journal Dermatology, researchers led by Dr. Michael Kunz at University Hospital of Zurich found annual periodicity in hair growth and shedding, with the…

A colorist in her thirties works a bond treatment through a client's bleached lengths in warm salon light near the window.
Haircare

What Bond-Building Hair Treatments Actually Do, According to Studies

Bond-building treatments are formulas designed to reconnect disulfide bonds that bleaching, perming, and straightening break inside the hair shaft. In a 2024 study in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 1,4-n-butylene dimaleate reconnected free thiol groups and significantly improved…

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Haircare

How Often Should You Wash Hair Brushes? What Research Shows

Hair tools need a cleaning schedule: a UK study in the Journal of Applied Microbiology found roughly 79 to 90 percent of used cosmetic products contaminated with bacteria, beauty blenders averaging over one million colony-forming units per milliliter. The same hygiene logic covers brushes,…

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Haircare

How to Wear Protective Styles Without Causing Traction Alopecia

Protective styles protect the hair's ends, but tension at installation can damage the follicle itself: a review in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology reports traction alopecia affects one-third of women of African descent who wear traumatic hairstyling for prolonged periods.…

A colorist in his thirties sections a client's copper-dyed curls near a window, combing oil through the ends with a gloved hand.
Haircare

How Repeated Coloring Changes Hair Fibers, According to Research

Permanent hair dye chemically restructures the hair fiber, and a 2024 study published in Heliyon quantified the cost: even a single dyeing session inflicted noticeable harm, while damage escalated significantly after three or more consecutive treatments. Using atomic force microscopy and tensile…