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Mechanism of Cuticle Hole Development in Human Hair Due to UV-Radiation Exposure
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Hair is easily damaged by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, bleaching agents or permanent wave treatments, and as damage progresses, hair loses its gloss, develops split ends and breaks. However, the causes of hair damage due to UV radiation have not yet been clarified. We discovered that in one mechanism facilitating damage to wet hair by UV radiation, the unsaturated fatty acids in wet hair produce hydroxy radicals upon exposure to UV radiation, and these radicals produce cuticle holes between the cuticle layers. In wet hair exposed to UV radiation, cuticle holes were produced only between the cuticle layers, whereas when human hair was immersed in a solution containing hydroxy radicals produced by Fenton’s reaction, a random production of cuticle holes was noted. It is thought that hydroxy radicals are produced only between the cuticle layers by exposure to UV radiation, and cuticle holes are formed only in this region because one of the polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid, with a bis-allyl hydrogen, is found between the cuticle layers.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Maeda, K., Yamazaki, J., Okita, N., Shimotori, M., Igarashi, K., & Sano, T.
- Affiliations
- Tokyo University of Technology (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Maeda, Kazuhisa
- ORCID
- Maeda, Kazuhisa
- Venue
- Cosmetics
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-03-21
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 24
- ISSN
- 2079-9284 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2790180083
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cosmetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
- Keywords
- hair damage, ultraviolet radiation, hair cuticle, hydroxyl radicals, Fenton reaction, unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid, polyunsaturated fatty acids, hair bleaching, split ends
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