Jackson Chung
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One interesting thing I noticed during my trip to India is that people my age have VERY thick hair.
I find this ironic as Indians consume a TON of PUFA (fried food, oily food, etc...). Almost everyone had a gut though they are skinny.
On top of that everyone puts oil in their hair. Most of the commercial hair oils are full of PUFA.
Despite this they have very thick hair.
Mechanisms to explain this:
1. Sunlight : Very intense there and we all know the benefits of red light. People are exposed to a lot of sunlight considering they all drive motor bikes and are outside a lot. Sunlight also reduces Prolactin and generally has benefical effects
2. UV light from the sun. Polymerizes the hair oil via free radical reaction and it forms "films" over the hair. Thickening it over time
What do you guys think of this paradox?
I find this ironic as Indians consume a TON of PUFA (fried food, oily food, etc...). Almost everyone had a gut though they are skinny.
On top of that everyone puts oil in their hair. Most of the commercial hair oils are full of PUFA.
Despite this they have very thick hair.
Mechanisms to explain this:
1. Sunlight : Very intense there and we all know the benefits of red light. People are exposed to a lot of sunlight considering they all drive motor bikes and are outside a lot. Sunlight also reduces Prolactin and generally has benefical effects
2. UV light from the sun. Polymerizes the hair oil via free radical reaction and it forms "films" over the hair. Thickening it over time
What do you guys think of this paradox?