Hair loss isn’t always dramatic. It can be incremental. You start noticing a bit more scalp in harsh bathroom lighting; a tiny bald spot when you tie your hair up in a ponytail. The shower drain is ...

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It's creating a growing market for hair treatment products. Companies like Redken, Nutrafol and KeraFactor are leaning into the innovation and ...

When Consumer Reports published findings from tests conducted on several synthetic braiding hair products in 2025, we detected heavy metals like lead in 90 percent and volatile organic compounds (VOCs ...

Hair loss can be frustrating at any age, so when your strands start to look more sparse or your hair begins to lose its overall thickness, it’s normal to seek out hair care products that can help slow ...

Japanese researchers discovered that hair graying and melanoma share a surprising cellular origin. When DNA damage strikes melanocyte stem cells, they may undergo a protective process called ...

Batana oil is a natural oil that’s made from the nuts of the American palm tree (Elaeis oleifera). You can find American palm trees in tropical areas of Latin America from Mexico to Peru and along the ...

What Are the Different Hair Types? Hair comes in four main types: straight, wavy, curly, and coily. Each hair type has its own unique characteristics. The four types are broken down into subtypes (A, ...

If you have fine hair, you know how easily the wrong product can weigh it down. That’s because there are some ingredients that are simply too much for fine hair. “High levels of nourishing ingredients ...

Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families, this is ...

From rich colors to chic cuts, here are the top looks to rock in 2025 according to celebrity hairstylists Ariana Quihuiz is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

“Gray hair can become brittle more quickly because it loses natural oils and pigment, so it will be drier and more vulnerable to damage,” says Rogério Cavalcante, hairstylist, colorist and owner of ...