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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.

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