How to substantiate protecting effect of hair care product with AFM?

Hair is victim of many agressions : water, sun, brushing, pollution, smoothing with blow dryers and straighteners… The robust structure of its external layer, the cuticle, protects it. As fantastic is this cuticle, we need to care of it…

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BioMeca® provides a unique solution to characterize mechanical properties of hair cuticle before/after treatment with hair care products, under external factors or not. We provide topographical images of hair surface and biomechanical properties of internal hair structure. 

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