HAIR CARE
Hydrolyzed proteins for anti-pollution hair care
Saso Efremovski, Vanessa Mai, Andrea Serrano Trujillo, Victor Low - TRI-K Industries
The phrase ‘beautiful hair’ has a multitude of meanings which are influenced by factors such as ethnicity, regional concerns, and trends. However, gorgeous locks are associated with strong, healthy, and youthful-looking hair. Recently, new launches for hair care products are designed to support anti-ageing benefits. These products typically address concerns of an ageing population, which include volume and shine loss, roughness, dryness, and poor flexibility hair. Consumers around the globe are also demanding products that are proven to aid in anti-pollution, increase shine and moisturization in hair from UV radiation damage, and to enhance the overall health of hair. Pollution, including airborne particles, such as dust, smoke, and chemicals, can cause hair to become dry, brittle, and prone to breakage or shedding. The pollutants that cause the heaviest
extent of damage to hair follicles typically contain heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, and arsenic. Other environmental pollutants that can impact the quality of hair include sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, aluminum oxide, or calcium oxide. Additionally, UV radiation can have damaging effects on hair, including discoloration, dryness, and breakage. The amount of damage that UV radiation can cause depends on the amount of exposure, the type of UV radiation, and an individual’s hair type,
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mainly causing a decrease hair shininess and moisturization. Hair shine is impacted by UV radiation
due to the rays lifting the hair cuticles and weakening the hydrolipidic film that protects the hair, causing dryness and dullness. Furthermore, UV radiation damages the protein structure of hair and is responsible for the loss of keratin, causing fibres to become
Aluminium ABSTRACT
Pollution and UV radiation from the sun are two of the primary causes of damaged hair follicles and lead to a significant impact on appearance. Novel technologies, which consist of hydrolyzed rice protein, Adansonia digitata seed extract, and Amaranthus caudatus seed extract, was specifically designed to overcome pollution in hair and to increase shine and moisturization of hair fibres damaged from UV radiation. Findings show that through SEM/EDS analysis, these hydrolyzed proteins significantly shield from external pollutants of calcium and aluminum in virgin Chinese and Indian hair fibres. Hair moisturization, measured by water vaporization content, was increased by 24.15% and visible improvement in shine was observed by 9.18% of the UV damaged, Caucasian hair fibres after application.
dry from the lack of moisture and reduced elasticity.1 The newest launch by TRI-K Industries is
EssentiaTein™ Protect – hereafter known as the hydrolyzed protein active. This contains hydrolyzed rice protein, Adansonia digitata seed extract, and Amaranthus caudatus seed extract, has an average molecular weight of 1,100 Da, and is enriched with specific amino acids and peptides. This is achieved through using our
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Calcium EssentiaTein Protect vs untreated ***p<0.001 EssentiaTein Protect vs placebo *p<0.05 Placebo vs untreated *p<0.05
Aluminum EssentiaTein Protect vs untreated ***p<0.001 EssentiaTein Protect vs placebo *p<0.05 Placebo vs untreated *p<0.01
Chinese Hair 1 Apllication
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Figure 1: Percent change in dust elements (calcium and aluminum) in untreated Chinese hair after one application of the hydrolyzed protein active and placebo treatments
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proprietary manufacturing process, which facilitates the formation of low average molecular weight peptide fractions and amino acids. These actives penetrate hair fibres to deliver multifunctional benefits. The amino acids penetrate the hair cuticle through diffusion and bind to the internal structure through hydrogen bonding to help reinforce structural integrity and tensile strength, which leads to an increase in moisturization capability.2 The hydrolyzed protein active, enriched with a specific amino acid and peptide profile, works from within the hair fibre, penetrates the cortex and the oligopeptides to create a scaffold to the hair fibre. Anti-pollution benefits can be attributed to cationic amino acids such as arginine, histidine, and lysine, and conditioning amino acids such as aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, and proline.
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% Changes in Dust Elements from Untreated
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