If properly looked after, hair can be shaped, moulded, coloured and made to shine with 'health'. Yet if neglected, it can look shoddy, dull and lifeless, and lead to even more damaging attempts to restore it to its former glory.The World of Hair, Scientific Companion explores the nature and science of hair, its care and maintenance, the cosmetic and medical problems which can effect it and ultimately the way in which the individual, the stylist and the hair care industry can work together to create healthy hair. The book, sets out to answer the questions hair stylists are asked everyday. Understanding hair from the scientific standpoint helps stylists to predict what will happen to different types of hair under different conditions. It also allows them to understand what can be done with a particular person's hair, and what cannot. In this book Dr John Gray explore the nature of hair, its care and maintenance, and the cosmetic and medical problems which can (and often do) affect it. Above all, this book points to the ways in which the individual, the hair care industry and the hair stylist can work together to create 'healthy hair'. -- Provides all the science any professional needs in an accessible easy-to-read format. -- Packed with color photographs. -- Boxed-features give the reader key 'hair facts'.
