General information about hair

Beauty section on general information about hair with safety tips, realistic expectations, and guidance on choosing procedures and aftercare.

Dry, brittle hair: causes and treatment

Dull, lifeless in appearance and feel, and dry, brittle hair are a problem for many people. It's difficult to style, doesn't hold its shape, gets frizzy, and is prone to falling out.

Hair and microelements: deficiencies and tests

The connection between hair loss and the level of microelements in the human body deserves a closer look. The study of microelementoses (MTOs) as diseases, syndromes, and pathological conditions caused by an excess, deficiency, or imbalance of microelements in the human body is a vast new multidisciplinary scientific field.

Hair growth phases: cycle and characteristics

Human hair goes through three developmental phases, smoothly transitioning from one to the next: anagen (the growth phase), catagen (the phase of regressive changes), and telogen (the resting phase). The duration of each phase depends on a complex set of factors: hair location, hair length, gender, age, race, and genetic factors.

Hair structure: layers, growth and vulnerable spots

Hair is a keratinized, thread-like appendage of the skin, 0.005-0.6 mm thick and ranging in length from a few millimeters to one and a half meters. Hair length and thickness depend on many factors, including race, gender, age, location, and more.

Hair from an anatomy point of view: what it consists of

Hair is an appendage of the skin. Being related structures, they share many similarities, from their structural plan to their growth and development patterns.