Suffering from dry, damaged hair?
Lipids are natural oils that play a vital role in maintaining healthy hair. They coat the hair shaft, forming a protective barrier that locks in moisture, prevents breakage, and adds shine. However, various factors, including heat styling, chemical treatments, and environmental aggressors, can deplete hair of its natural lipids.
Hair Lipids — Your Questions, Answered
What exactly are hair lipids?
Lipids are the natural fats and oils built into every strand — they live in the cuticle and the cell membrane complex that glues the cuticle layers together. They keep hair flexible, sealed, and shiny. Coloring, heat styling, sun, and even hard water strip them away, which is when hair starts to feel dry, rough, and brittle.
How do you restore lipids in hair?
Washing alone can't put lipids back — most conditioners only coat the surface. Restoring them takes a treatment formulated to deposit lipids into the hair fiber itself. That is exactly what the two-phase Lipid Complex Hair Treatment was designed for in the salon, and now at home.
Lipids vs. protein vs. keratin — what does my hair need?
Protein (including keratin) rebuilds the hair's internal structure; lipids restore its seal, slip, and shine. Over-proteined hair turns stiff and snaps; lipid-depleted hair frizzes, tangles, and looks dull. Most damaged hair needs both — but if your hair feels dry and rough rather than gummy and weak, lipids are the missing piece.
How often should I do a lipid treatment?
For damaged or color-treated hair, most clients see the best results with a treatment every 4–6 weeks — the same rhythm we use at Tomy B. Salon on Long Island, where this formula was developed.
