“Silicon oil does not affect the health of scalp hair follicles, and there is no direct correlation between silicone oil and hair loss.” On the 11th, Ai Zhihui, a professor at the School of Chemistry at Central China Normal University, pointed out in an interview with reporters, “Too much silicone oil residue on the scalp will affect health, and it will affect hair loss.” There’s no problem with it. The silicone oil added to the shampoo only works on the hair.”
There is also a small experiment mentioned in the above-mentioned “Shampoo containing silicone oil causes hair loss” online post: after using conditioner, you do not rinse it clean, but directly dry it at high temperature. As a result, a lot of powder appears on the hair. The article also stated that this is the danger of silicone oil.
“This is actually pseudoscience!” Dr. Zhang pointed out that silicone oil is not in powder form, it is liquid. Ai Zhihui explained that silicone oil has a protective film on the surface of the hair, which has soft and antistatic effects. If heated, it will definitely carbonize to form a white powder. It is actually carbonized silicone oil. “And dandruff is ordinary skin dirt. It is produced by the continuous peeling off of the cuticle of the epidermis, and the two are not the same substance.”
