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Would people with lighter colored hair have melanin in the cuticle and cortex?
cortex
will extensive hair bleaching get rid of cocaine out of the cortex of hair?
no, nothing will
How does hair die efect your hair?
It slightly damages it.
What are the names of the parts of the hair?
The cuticle, the cortex and the medulla.
I have the Cortex straighteners from the Platinum collection. Are they good?
I have a cortex straightener, and I find that it rips at my hair, as well as even if I have the heat control at the lowest it doesn't stop heating so It tends to burn my hair.. I had a cheaper straightener before, called a biosilk and my hair was always really soft and since I got my cortex my hair is destroyed..
How does your hair get its natural color?
Hair gets it's color from melanin pigments found in your hair's cortex.
What layer is the main part of the hair shaft?
The main part of the hair shaft is located in the cortex layer. This layer is composed of keratin and contains the pigment that gives hair its color. The cortex also determines the strength, elasticity, and texture of the hair.
Can dying your hair to many times damage your hair?
Of course, the chemicals in the products we use to dye our hair is very drying to our hair which damages it, just not as worse as bleach but still damages it.
What are the damages of straightening your hair?
dryness
What is a Cortex in the hair and what does it do?
Structure of the hair shaftYour smooth, glossy hairs have a more complicated structure than you might think. Each one can be compared to a tree: all its moisture lies in its centre, behind a tough outer layer of protective bark. If the 'bark' of the hair is well looked after the whole hair remains in good condition. If the 'bark' is stripped off to expose the centre the hair may break.The centre part of the hair, called the cortex, makes up most of the hair shaft. It is the cortex that gives hair its special qualities such as elasticity and curl. The cortex is packed with strands of keratin, lying along the length of the hair. These keratin fibres are made of the low-sulphur keratins, and are compressed into http://www.pg.com/science/haircare/hair_twh_14.htm
What is the middle layer of a hair enclosing the central core?
Cortex
What are the layer of the hair?
cuticle, cortex, and medulla (outer to inner)
