Nine years have elapsed since I wrote the first English edition of this book, and progress in
hair science has made a second edition necessary. Since 1978, at least two new m~ or …

Human hair consists of proteins, lipids, water, trace elements and pigments. The
composition of the first four of these components is the focus of this Chapter. About two …

Fatty alcohols (C n FAs) combined with cationic surfactants are common ingredients of
lamellar-phase personal care liquids. We employ mesoscopic modelling to study. how …

We present a coarse-grained molecular model of the surface of human hair, which consists
of a supported lipid monolayer, in the MARTINI framework. Using coarse-grained molecular …

The complex development of cosmetic and medical formulations relies on an ever-growing
accuracy of predictive models of hair surfaces. Hitherto, modeling efforts have focused on …

Depositing cationic polyelectrolytes (PEs) from micellar solutions that include surfactants
(SU) onto surfaces is a rich, complex, highly relevant, and challenging topic that covers a …

Purpose The aim of this study was to characterize the external and internal lipids of
Caucasian hair and their influence in different hair properties such as moisture content …

The primary component of the lipid barrier on human hair, which is essential for defense
against aging and environmental stresses, is 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA), which …

Background Human hair cuticle is always exposed to various stresses and then gradually
lost in daily life. There are two typical patterns of cuticle damage: type L, where the cell …

At or near its surface, hair fibers contain a thick protective cover consisting of six to eight
layers of flat overlapping scale-like structures called cuticle or scales which consists of high …