Episode

What’s really happening when our hair gets damaged?

Podcast: Chemistry For Your Life
Published: Jul 16, 2026
Duration seconds: 2088
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Summary

This week, Melissa and Jam travel even further down the rabbit hole of hair chemistry. How does our hair get damaged? How do we curl, straighten, and perm our hair? What's going on there at the molecular level? Let's find out!