A Curly Q: Is Frizz a Matter of Friction?Show others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Perception, ISSN 0301-0066, E-ISSN 1468-4233, Vol. 50, no 8, p. 728-732Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The oft discussed and fretted over environmental influences on hair have led to a popular consensus which suggests that elevated temperature and humidity lead to frizzier, wilder hair. However, few attempts at actually quantifying these effects have been made. Although frizziness is usually perceived visually, here the influence of variations in temperature and humidity on the tactile perception and friction of curly and straight hair were investigated. It is shown that changes in humidity may disproportionately affect perceived frizziness of curly hair by touch due to concurrent changes in the tactile friction. © The Author(s) 2021.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SAGE Publications Ltd , 2021. Vol. 50, no 8, p. 728-732
Keywords [en]
environmental conditions, hair care, tactile friction, tactile perception
National Category
Physiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-54705DOI: 10.1177/03010066211024442Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85108305444OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-54705DiVA, id: diva2:1575694
Note
Funding text 1: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: GSL, MA and AG are full employees of L’Oréal involved in research activities. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden have received funding from L’Oréal to perform this research.; Funding text 2: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The majority of this work was financed by L’Oréal.
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