I'M BACK, I'VE MISSED YOU… AND I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HAIR SCIENCE!
EPISODE 27
(STANDARD)
Captain Color is back behind the microphone!
After several months of recovery, research, and writing, Dennis Gebhart returns to Guru In Your Ear with some interesting questions about the direction of professional hair education.
Have three-minute social media videos created a new generation of instant science experts? What does bond repair actually mean? And when products promise to rebuild or restore damaged hair, how do we distinguish measurable improvements from claims about molecular chemistry?
From K18 and Olaplex to the difference between cosmetic results and scientific evidence, this episode challenges us to ask better questions, examine the research, and recognize the difference between knowing scientific terminology and genuinely understanding the science.
Because knowing the words isn't the same as understanding the science.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & REFERENCES
2024- Bleached Hair as Standard Template to Insight the Performance of Commercial Hair Repair Products
https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics11050150
2020 — Research on chemical and structural changes in treated hair
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33279560/
K18 — Patent and technical information
https://www.k18hair.com/pages/patents
Olaplex — Product safety and testing information
https://ca.olaplex.com/pages/health-and-safety
These references include published studies and manufacturer-provided information. They are offered for further reading and do not all represent independent validation of product mechanisms.
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