The TrichoScope Digital Microscope magnifies hair thousands of times to reveal specific conditions that may result from improper cosmetology procedures. The pictures below illustrate how common mistakes affect the hair shaft and follicles.
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Rubber band damage |
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Ripped hair with exposed cortex |
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Melted cortex – too hot curling iron |
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Split ends – HAIR must get cut within 4 to 6 weeks for fine hair and 6 to 8 weeks for coarse or the splits ends will start. |
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Blister from too hot blow dry- ONLY USE MEDIUM HEAT |
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Fracture mechanical damage- pins, combs etc. |
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Chemical damage- if it’s this bad, don’t do anything but treatments with Proteins |
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Structural damage |
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Mechanical damage |
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Heat damage- never use high heat, use medium and take care not to use curling or flat iron for too long, hair needs little time to get curly or straight, use a heat protector spray product too! |
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This is a cross section of the hair, you can see the outer edges of the cuticle, there are 7 to 12 layers of cuticle and then the Cortex starts with the dark spots that are the pigment granules. |
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Mechanical & chemical damage hair from rough brushing or combing |
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this is a picture of a melanocyte it’s where color lives in the hair.-L’Oreal |
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New hair as it comes out of the scalp, you can see the cuticle layers holding in the Cortex bundles.- L’Oreal |
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hair bulb, this is the part that lives under the scalp, it’s alive. See the dark part, those area combination of cells and pigment getting ready to grow upward, as it gets past our scalp the hair is then dead and that’s why wqe don’t feel any pain when we amputate our hair also knowed as a haircut!!! |
(Photo Credits – L’Oreal; Gillette Company Research Institute, Redken Laboratories, Colgate- Palmolive Company)
