What’s really happening when our hair gets damaged?
About this episode
Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry behind hair damage and styling techniques.
This week, Melissa and Jam travel even further down the rabbit hole of hair chemistry. How does our hair get damaged? How do we curl, straighten, and perm our hair? What's going on there at the molecular level? Let's find out!
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