Blondes are born. But now you can also become one thanks to a mushroom. From Japan comes a fungus capable of lightening hair without damaging it.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousWe had already talked about the natural colors, but the new discovery is considered the first "green" method to color the hair: the enzyme extracted from the Basidiomycete ceriporiopsis fungus could retire hydrogen peroxide. The finding was presented at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salk City by Kenzo Koike of Kao Corporation’s Beauty Research Center of Tokyo.
In the world there are millions of people who lighten their hair, but the use of hydrogen peroxide can damage their hair a lot, especially if the treatment is repeated several times.
Experts have found that an enzyme in the fungus destroys melanin, the natural hair dye, and also fights hair dyes. free radicals. According to the results obtained for now only in test tubes theenzyme could become the main ingredient in lightening tinctures, without the side effects of synthetic dyes.