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Evidence-based hair & scalp articles with supporting research and authority sources.

Coconut Oil and Hair: Who's Actually Done the Research?
"Oil your hair before you shampoo" usually points to one finding: coconut oil, unlike mineral or sunflower oil, cut protein loss during washing in lab testing. What rarely gets mentioned is that every paper behind that claim, across twenty years, came out of the R&D lab of the company that makes India's top-selling coconut hair oil — and no one outside it has published a repeat.
July 17, 20265 min read
Your Scalp Is Skin — What the "Skinification" Trend Gets Right (and Oversells)
The scalp really is skin — but a different, oilier, hair-covered kind, and that changes which "scalp care" claims actually hold up. Here's what the research shows, and where the marketing runs ahead of it.
July 17, 20265 min read
Your Hair Is Already Dead — So What Does 'Repair' Actually Mean?
The hair you can see and touch has no blood supply, no nerves, and no way to heal itself — so every 'repair' product either patches what's already there or protects what grows in next. Here's the biology behind the label.
July 17, 20265 min read

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