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GLOSSARY : Sensitive scalp

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Keratin

Keratin is the chief structural constituent of hair. It is a protein with high content of cystine, a sulphur amino acid. The hair fibre forms during the keratinization process, when keratinocytes, which are cells found in the hair bulb, multiply, fill with keratin, then die and harden.

This word also belongs to the categories Dandruff, Hair loss.

Keratinocyte in the hair follicle

Hair follicle

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