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English: A diagram showing how the cross section of the hair shaft differs in different hair types. A round cross section is found in straight hair types, an oval cross section in wavy or curly hair types, and a flattened oval cross section in curly or kinky hair types.
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. The hair matrix, or simply matrix, produces the actual hair shaft as ...
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The original hair type chart, also known as the hair typing system, was created by Andre Walker, Oprah Winfrey's hairstylist, in the 1990s. He debuted the system on Winfrey's show to promote his ...
Anatomy of hair Diagram of the hair shaft, indicating medulla (innermost), cortex, and cuticle (exterior.) The medulla is the innermost layer of the hair shaft. This nearly invisible layer is the most soft and fragile, and serves as the pith or marrow of the hair. Some mammals don't have a medulla in their hair. The presence or absence of this ...
Diagram of the hair shaft, indicating medulla (innermost), cortex, and cuticle (exterior.) Anatomy of hair. The cortex of the hair shaft is located between the hair cuticle and medulla and is the thickest hair layer. It contains most of the hair's pigment, giving the hair its color. The major pigment in the cortex is melanin, which is also ...
The hair cuticle is also known to contain anteiso-18-methyleicosanoic acid which contribute to the hydrophobic properties of hair. [5] [4] Diagram of the hair shaft, indicating medulla (innermost), cortex, and cuticle (exterior) While the cuticle is the outermost layer, it is not responsible for the color of the hair.
The outer root sheath corresponds with the stratum mucosum (stratum germinativum and stratum spinosum) [1] of the epidermis, and resembles it in the rounded form and soft character of its cells; at the bottom of the hair follicle these cells become continuous with those of the root of the hair.