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Healthy hair could be defined by a limited number of common and universal measurement criteria: speed of growth, number, length, and diameter. These criteria would be associated with a shiny aspect of the hair and a soft appearance. Actually, the situation is not so simple because of many various parameters including age, sex, and ethnic origin. So, a good knowledge of these variations in criteria is necessary for the recognition of healthy hair.
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Assouly, P. (2015). Healthy Hair. In: Humbert, P., Maibach, H., Fanian, F., Agache, P. (eds) Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26594-0_102-1
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