Relaxing/straightening of Afro-ethnic hair: Historical overview

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-5

  de Sá Dias, Tania Cristina ^a   Baby, André Rolim ^a   Kaneko, Telma Mary ^a   Robles Velasco, Maria Valéria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Afro ethnic hair; Hydroxides; Relaxing; Straightening

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANIDINE; KERATIN; LANTHIONINE; PETROLATUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR TEXTURE; HEATING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; PH; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; REVIEW; SEBUM SECRETION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY CULTURE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33847794484     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2007.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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