*Keratin is the protein that keeps the hair shaft strong and healthy
*As we age our body produces less of the essential elements needed for keratin and that is why your hair gets weaker as you age. (Stanell)
*Keratin is a major component of hair, hooves, nails, horns, scales, bird feathers, bird beaks, and the outermost layer of skin in most animals.(Stanell)
*Keratin can be alpha or beta, alpha-keratin is manufactured by mammals, including humans, while reptiles and birds make beta-keratin. (Kit Tunstall)
*The overproduction of keratin cells from the constant rubbing of a spot of skin against something causes calluses.(Kit Tunstall)
*Fungi, like athlete's foot and ringworm, consume and thrive on keratin.(Kit Tunstall)
*As we age our body produces less of the essential elements needed for keratin and that is why your hair gets weaker as you age. (Stanell)
*Keratin is a major component of hair, hooves, nails, horns, scales, bird feathers, bird beaks, and the outermost layer of skin in most animals.(Stanell)
*Keratin can be alpha or beta, alpha-keratin is manufactured by mammals, including humans, while reptiles and birds make beta-keratin. (Kit Tunstall)
*The overproduction of keratin cells from the constant rubbing of a spot of skin against something causes calluses.(Kit Tunstall)
*Fungi, like athlete's foot and ringworm, consume and thrive on keratin.(Kit Tunstall)