Facile and Efficient Enzymatic Methods for Harvesting or Removal of Cuticle Cells from Human Hair Shafts

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Huiying Lai ◽  
Archana Gautam ◽  
Zhitong Zhao ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 708-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Subbaiah ◽  
S Kerk ◽  
Y Lian ◽  
D Lunny ◽  
S Sze ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Taynara Barreto ◽  
Flavia Weffort ◽  
Simone Frattini ◽  
Giselle Pinto ◽  
Patricia Damasco ◽  
...  

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Hair represents a valued aspect of human individuality. The possibility of having an easy to handle hairstyle and changing it from time to time promoted an increasing search for chemical hair transformations, including hair straightening. Hair straightening is the process used to convert curly into straight hair. <b><i>Aims:</i></b> This review aims to discuss hair straightening, addressing techniques, products, methods of application, consequences to hair shafts, recommendations on this topic, and the risks involving the safety of both the user and the performing professional. <b><i>Methods and Results:</i></b> The terms “straightening” AND “hair,” “straightening” AND “alopecia,” and “straightening” AND “human hair” were used to perform a literature search in MEDLINE through PubMed until July 15, 2020. We limited the search to articles available in English, considering those mentioning alternatives to straighten the hair. We had a total of 33 relevant articles. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> This article will help dermatologists to advise their patients, providing a more suitable orientation on how to get the best outcome without risking one’s safety.


Author(s):  
Abraham A. Embi

The human hair consists of a follicle anchored in the skin and a protruding shaft, it has also been described as a miniorgan, having its own cell divisions, metabolism, and known to undergo aging stages; eventually reaching a point where the old hair sheds and a new hair growing cycle begins from the same follicular tissue. Using sophisticated magnetometers, magnetic field emitted by direct current (DC) in human hair follicles were detected and introduced in 1980. Most recently in 2015, a tabletop optical microscopy method was developed and published in 2016, thus allowing for the detection of hair follicles and shaft magnetic fields. Qualitative images are presented where the bipolar electrical property of the shaft is documented. This finding was inferred since blood tissue carries a negative charge, thus repelled by an equal charge; experiments support a positive (+) field as triggering coagulation. The shaft is repeatedly shown in experiments to express a contralateral positive side triggering. Fibrin formation is also documented by images showing intricate networks indicative of blood coagulation. In conclusion, the genesis of hair shafts bipolarity is shown resulting from a “gap” in the follicle electromagnetic fields inhibiting energy from fully engulfing the shaft.


Author(s):  
Zachary C. Goecker ◽  
Kevin M. Legg ◽  
Michelle R. Salemi ◽  
Anthony W. Herren ◽  
Brett S. Phinney ◽  
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eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelet M Rosenberg ◽  
Shannon Rausser ◽  
Junting Ren ◽  
Eugene V Mosharov ◽  
Gabriel Sturm ◽  
...  

Background:Hair greying is a hallmark of aging generally believed to be irreversible and linked to psychological stress.Methods:Here, we develop an approach to profile hair pigmentation patterns (HPPs) along individual human hair shafts, producing quantifiable physical timescales of rapid greying transitions.Results:Using this method, we show white/grey hairs that naturally regain pigmentation across sex, ethnicities, ages, and body regions, thereby quantitatively defining the reversibility of greying in humans. Molecularly, grey hairs upregulate proteins related to energy metabolism, mitochondria, and antioxidant defenses. Combining HPP profiling and proteomics on single hairs, we also report hair greying and reversal that can occur in parallel with psychological stressors. To generalize these observations, we develop a computational simulation, which suggests a threshold-based mechanism for the temporary reversibility of greying.Conclusions:Overall, this new method to quantitatively map recent life history in HPPs provides an opportunity to longitudinally examine the influence of recent life exposures on human biology.Funding:This work was supported by the Wharton Fund and NIH grants GM119793, MH119336, and AG066828 (MP).


Author(s):  
Jian Tie ◽  
Seisaku Uchigasaki ◽  
Eiji Isobe ◽  
Etsuko Iwakami ◽  
Takahisa Okuda

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