Beauty Experts Call The High Metal Content Can Cause Lack Of Maximum Hair Coloring

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JAKARTA - Ioannina University found the cause of hair coloring that did not match expectations, namely the high metal content in the hair. Letamala Hercouet, Senior Research Associate Disruptive Innovation Department, Loreal Research Department, in a statement released by ANTARA, Friday, May 5, explained "successfully identifying that the high metal content in hair fiber causes damage and coloring results of balayage, and/or lighting that does not match expectations."

Metal content in hair really depends on the level of hair porosity and also the water quality where people live. The cleanest water, either in the bathroom in a community home or in a salon, can still contain high metal.

This is because the flow of water erodes the metal in the pipe, so metal particles accumulate in the hair fiber. During the hair coloring process, the low level of metal content is very influential in optimizing the results of coloring, balayage or lightening.

The higher the metal content in the hair fiber, the higher the chance of broken hair and color results that do not match expectations. Furthermore, this research also succeeded in analyzing and mapping the metal content in hair in the world Specifically in Indonesia, it was found that as many as 67 percent of Indonesians had high metal content in hair fiber.

Research has also succeeded in identifying the right molecule to neutralize the high metal content surplus which results in broken hair, namely Glicoamine. Active substances are small enough to enter the hair fiber to bind as well as neutralize the metal in the hair fiber.