TRI Talks 2024 Series – Presentation 4 of 4: Rescheduled to Wednesday 15th January, 1pm ET

TRADING TEXTURES WITH FLAT IRONING: A CASE OF THE ERODING CORTEX WITH THE PERMANENT CHANGE IN CURL TYPE

Our last TRI Talk has unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control, been rescheduled to January 15th . There is no presentation now on December 4th . In the last of the four talks this season, Ayinoluwa Abegunde (Senior Research Associate, TRI Princeton) will present a talk titled ‘Trading Textures with Flat Ironing: A Case of the Eroding Cortex with the Permanent Change in Curl Type’.

TRI Talks take place to simulate scientific discourse and debate in the cosmetics and personal care category and are free to join. 690 scientists from around the world registered to attend last year’s talks. Uniquely for a technical webinar, TRI Talks allow all participants to openly share their views and to ask questions, on microphone and camera, if they so wish. Register here for the whole 2024 series, to have access to the live events and to playback anything you miss. Let the discussions begin again!

Some more information about Ayin’s talk:

Heat styling with flat irons at temperatures over ~200 o C is well known to create longitudinal cracks and bubble fractures in the hair cuticle. However, the structural damage that occurs inside the hair after heat styling is less well studied. This presentation will share the changes in internal hair structures observed using SEM of sectioned hair samples.

This study also investigates the effects of repeated heat straightening on hair curl. Experimental data will reveal how heat styling damage can permanently affect hair curl levels.

Together the data shared in this presentation will reveal new insights into the mechanisms and consequences of heat styling damage.

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