
What is Hair Density? What it Means and How it's Measured
In this expert guide, we're exploring what hair density means, how it's measured, and how to understand the difference between hair density vs thickness.

In this expert guide, we're exploring what hair density means, how it's measured, and how to understand the difference between hair density vs thickness.

Hair loss of any kind can incite feelings of distress, but knowing what causes hair loss may help minimise some of its psychological impacts and illuminate remedy pathways.

The most effective way to alleviate dandruff is with a targeted shampoo. But how does anti-dandruff shampoo work? The dandruff specialists at Dercos weigh in.

Hair shedding is a part of the natural hair growth cycle – but how much hair fall is normal? Find out if you're shedding more than usual with our guide.

When hair becomes weakened, brittle, and damaged, it becomes susceptible to increased breakage and changes in density. Thankfully, there is a bank of fortifying hair care ingredients that can assist – including collagen peptides.

Regardless of age or circumstance, hair fall of any kind can be a distressing experience. Almost 50% of Australian women will be affected by hair fall at some point in their life1, and it can present as excess visible flakes, pattern hair fall or thinning hair.

Dandruff can appear in areas that have high concentrations of sebaceous glands – primarily the scalp – and it presents as flakes that are white to yellowish in colour.2

Dandruff is a common and relapsing scalp condition, affecting nearly 50% of the adult population globally.[1] But it's often misunderstood, and frequently confused with other skin conditions because of similarities in symptoms.

Hair fall of any kind can be an upsetting experience, but understanding the triggers for your hairfall may illuminate remedy pathways.

Thanks to their nourishing and strengthening properties, ceramides have a glowing reputation in the world of skincare, but are ceramides good for hair?


The hair and scalp area are exposed to a host of external aggressors on a daily basis—the sun, heat styling, chemicals used in curling, colouring and so on—making it prone to oxidative stress and free radical damage damage.