ReviewProceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2019
The what, why and how of curly hair: a review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Classification of High Curl Pattern Hair: A Systematic Review and Clinical Perspective.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2026Pooled it
- Afro-textured hair care: a narrative review and recommendations for dermatologists.International journal of women's dermatology · 2026Review
- Exploring Textured Hair Care as a Meaningful Occupation: A Thematic Analysis.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2025Article
- Types and Characteristics of Hair Across the Globe: Results of a Multinational Study on 19,461 Individuals.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Article
- Changing human hair fibre colour and shape from the follicle.Journal of advanced research · 2024Article
- Customizable optode attachments to improve hair clearance timing and inclusiveness in functional near-infrared spectroscopy research.Neurophotonics · 2024Article
- The Role ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Ancient lineages of the keratin-associated protein (KRTAP) genes and their co-option in the evolution of the hair follicle.BMC ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Polygenic control of the wavy coat of the NCT mouse: involvement of an intracisternal A particle insertional mutation of the protease, serine 53 (Prss53) gene, and a modifier gene.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2022Article
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- During evolution from the earliest tetrapoda, newly-recruited genes are increasingly paralogues of existing genes and distribute non-randomly among the chromosomes.BMC genomics · 2021Article
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- Dermatology in black skin.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaReview
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Abstract
An attempt to understand and explain a peculiarity that was observed for curly fibres during experimentation revealed disparate literature reporting on several key issues. The phenotypical nature of curly fibres is only accurately understood within the larger scope of hair fibres, which are highly complex biological structures. A brief literature search produced thousands of research items. Besides the large amount of information on the topic, there was also great variability in research focus. From our review, it appeared that the complexity of hair biology, combined with the variety of research subtopics, often results in uncertainty when relating different aspects of investigation. During the literature investigation, we systematically categorized elements of curly hair research into three basic topics: essentially asking why fibres curl, what the curly fibre looks like and how the curly fibre behaves. These categories were subsequently formalized into a curvature fibre model that is composed of successive but distinctive tiers comprising the elements in curly hair research. The purpose of this paper is twofold: namely to present (i) a literature review that explores the different aspects of curly human scalp hair and (ii) the curvature fibre model as a systemized approach to investigating curly hair.
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