Nutrition and Hair Health: Nutrients Your Hair Needs
The nutrients hair follicles depend on, the foods that supply them, and why supplements help only when you are actually short of something.
By Arni Sun · 4 min read
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Hair care works best when it fits the hair you have. Straight, wavy, curly and coily hair need different amounts of washing, conditioning and handling, and the scalp has needs of its own. Our hair care guides help you to identify your hair type and porosity, to keep your scalp comfortable, to understand shedding, thinning and breakage, and to style and color your hair with less damage. Where hair loss or a scalp problem may need medical care, the guides say so plainly.
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