How does k18 work? @sciencemeetscosmetics
A few months ago I posted about the benefits of peptides in hair products.
The unfortunate of that post was that the peptides studied in the research I cited where all ‘custom-made’ and hard to find in a product. But the papers that I cited regarding the impressive results of peptides all had prof. Artur Cavaco-Paulo as the research leader.
Now I came across the K18 peptide repair crème, and guess who is one of the inventors? Prof. Artur Cavaco-Paulo!
☝️To understand this product we first need to discuss standard conditioning and protein products.
Hair mainly consists of protein, in particular keratin. Heat styling, bleaching etc. damage the keratin. Hair is dead and can’t repair the damaged keratin.
Conditioning agents attach to the outer layer of the hair and smoothen the surface but the inner keratin layers responsible for the strength of the hair are not repaired. Besides, they temporarily attach to the surface and are removed by the next wash
Most proteins works like standard conditioning agents. These proteins temporarily attach to the outer layer. Only low molecular weight peptides (hydrolysed proteins) and amino acids can diffuse into the hair cortex and may interact with the damaged keratin.
☝️Read well the word MAY because this is exactly what the K18 product is changing to will!
The hair keratin (protein) is made out of strings of amino acids (amino acids are the body’s basic building blocks). But the order of those amino acids is very specific and if you want a peptide (also chains of amino acids but smaller chains than protein) to bind to this specific order you need to unravel the sequence of the hair keratin and design the ‘perfect’ peptide to bind to it.
And this is what the inventors of the K18 peptide did, they spent many years to find and design the unique combination which has the highest affinity and interaction with the hair keratin and the ability to restrengthen the hair (from the inside, swipe right).
☝️If you have non damaged hair you will see less results with this product, but slightly damaged? Try it 🤗
❓Have you already tried @k18hair ?
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