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Clinical Signs of Hair Damage

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Abstract

The environment causes daily damage to the hair shaft that cannot be repaired and is more evident in the distal part of long hair. Clinical signs of hair damage depend on type of damage and severity of damage. The resistance of hair to mechanical, physical, and chemical injuries is reduced in cases of hair diseases.

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  1. The Procter & Gamble Company, Mason, OH, USA

    Jennifer Marsh

  2. Winston Park, Gillitts, South Africa

    John Gray

  3. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Antonella Tosti

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Marsh, J., Gray, J., Tosti, A. (2015). Clinical Signs of Hair Damage. In: Healthy Hair. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18386-2_5

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