Vol. 17 | Vol. 17 (3) – May / June 2022 | Hair Care

Hair tensegrity: An innovative and holistic approach to hair and scalp care

by cyb2025 19 May 2022

O. Expósito, A. Guirado, R. Vallecillo, A. Gallego, M. Mas, P. Riera, D. Luna, S. Laplana, T. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, M. Gibert 19 May 2022

ECO

eer Reviewed

hair care

Hair scalp

Phyto-Lipidic Fractions

plant stem cell culture

Tensegrity

ÒSCAR EXPÓSITO*, ALEJANDRO GUIRADO, RAUL VALLECILLO,
ANA GALLEGO, MARIA MAS, PAU RIERA, DANIEL LUNA,
SARA LAPLANA, TARIK RUIZ, SANDRA RUIZ, MARTA GIBERT
*Corresponding author
Vytrus Biotech S.A. Barcelona, Spain

ABSTRACT

Traditionally, hair care has always focused on the visible part of hair: the hair shaft. Nowadays, we know that stress, pollution, nutrition, UV radiation, etc., they all affect the whole hair structure, including the scalp and the follicle. All these factors generate oxidative stress on both scalp and hair, finally causing scalp redness and flaking as well as hair breakage and fragility.
The new active Encapsulated Olea Europaea Callus Culture Lysate (EOECCL) nourishes and reinforces all the elements of the hair structure, improving its volume, hydration, and shine from within. Made from Olea europaea (olive) stem cells, the active ingredient’s mechanism of action consists in delivering a nourishing proteo-lipidic matrix to both the scalp and the hair cortex to strengthen, volumize, hydrate and revitalize the damaged hair and scalp. Several in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo trials demonstrate the ingredient’s activity and the new concept of restoring the Hair Tensegrity. A new way to deal with hair care, considering a ‘skinification’ approach.

INTRODUCTION
The Hair tensegrity: applying an architecture-inspired concept to hair care
The hair structure is a unit where scalp, follicle and shaft must be considered as a whole (1, 2). Scalp is the hidden essential in hair biology and is responsible for the nourishing, biology, and mechanical behaviours of the pilosebaceous unit. Therefore, all the parts of hair are interconnected and the whole hair system can be revitalized based on the new concept of hair tensegrity.

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