Natural Hair

Natural Hair is composed of strong structural protein called keratin. Protein is also found as a natural protein in nails and the outer layer of skin. Many natural hair products include keratin and hair vitamins in their formula as a natural ingredient to strengthen hair.

Each Natural Hair strand consists of three layers.

1) An inner layer called the medulla present in large thick hairs.

2) The middle layer known as the cortex. The cortex provides the strength, the color and the texture of hair.

3) The outermost layer known as the cuticile is thin and colorless and provides a protective layer to the cortex.
The organic hair root, is enclosed within a hair follicle and at the base of the hair follicle is the dermal papilla. The dermal papilla feeds the bloodstream which carries nourishment to produce new hair. The dermal papilla is very important to hair growth because it contains receptors for male hormones and androgens. Androgens regulate hair growth and in scalp hair Androgens may cause the hair follicle to get smaller and the hairs to become finer causing thinning of hair and baldness in individuals who are genetically predisposed to this type of hair loss.
Hair follicles grow in repeated cycles of three phases and each hair passes through each phase. The basis to natural hair care is the organic hair stimulation and regeneration of new hairs in the repeating of the cycle.

1) Anagen - Growth Phase
2) Catagen - Transitional phase
3) Telogen - Resting Phase

At the end of the Telogen phase the hair follicle re-enters the Anagen phase. Natural hair treatments stimulate the dermal papilla and the base of the Natural Hair follicle to unite and begin new hair development, in some instances, it is the new hair developing that pushes out the old hair that has not already been shed and the growth cycle starts all over again.