Bad hair days are something most of us suffer from – but apparently dyeing your hair can make them worse.
The Daily Telegraph reports that researchers have found dyeing your hair can increase the chance of having bad hair days.
The chemicals in the dyes can strip away the natural oils from your strands of hair, according to the article.
This means they become electrically charged and can’t shed water, so the hair becomes, well, impossible to manage!
The researchers from Proctor & Gamble used powerful microscopes to study the changes in the hair caused by chemicals.
Dr Frauke Neuser, principal scientist at P&G's London Innovation
Centre, told the Telegraph: "Hair that has never been coloured has a
protective layer that waterproofs hair. It is the same sort of layer
that allows dogs to shake themselves dry after they have been swimming
for example.
"When we colour our hair or bleach it, the chemical reaction removes
this layer almost completely after one or two colourings. Hair cannot
regrow this layer once it is gone without growing new hair.”
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