Microscopic Characteristics Of Scalp Hair Subjected To Cultural Styling Methods In Ghanaian African Females.

Esther Adjoa Essel John Ahenkorah Richard Michael BlaySaviour Kweku AdjentiKevin Kofi Adutwum-OfosuBismarck Afedo HottorFrederick Kwaku Addai

Published in: Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology (2019)

Medulla was thickest in Afro hair, which also exhibited a correlation with shaft diameter in conformity with the published data. Chemically relaxed hairs did not exhibit these characteristics, which affirm altered morphology. Research on how chemicals affect these changes should help find antidote. The dimensional variations of hairs from different scalp regions are instructive for both cosmetic and forensic examination of hairs.

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electronic health record
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systematic review
machine learning
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