Stop drying your hair wrong: the science

What's the best way to dry your hair? Is it towels, hair dryers or just letting it dry naturally? Here's what the science says.

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0:00 Intro
0:20 Hair and water, hydrogen bonds
2:14 Wet vs dry cuticle
3:43 Hair and heat
4:18 Bubble hair
5:34 Air vs heat drying study
6:38 Is air drying actually more damaging? Hygral fatigue evidence?
7:51 Styling
9:28 Dandruff
10:08 Time and effort, microfibre towels, wet to dry straighteners
11:41 Summary and my personal approach

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