50-502-756Trichology for Cosmetology
Course Information
Description
Focus will be on the structure of the hair root and hair shaft, including descriptions of the three layers of the hair. Discussion will include the chemical bonds that make up the hair and how the bonds are affected by the services performed in the salon. Hair and scalp disorders, diseases, and hair loss will be addressed.
Total Credits
0.5
Course Competencies
  1. Identify factors involved in the growth and development of hair that provide the variety of different hair types.
    Assessment Strategies
    by completing activities as assigned by your instructor.
    by creating and assessing a poster of a hair or scalp condition.
    by taking a test/exam.
    Criteria
    You use terminology when identifying structures and properties of the hair.
    You identify the structure beneath the skin's surface: follicle, bulb, papilla, arrector pili, and sebaceous gland.
    You describe the properties of each structure beneath the skin's surface.
    You identify the stages in the keratinization process.
    You identify the keratinized hair structures above the skin's surface: shaft = cuticle, cortex, medulla.
    You identify the stages in the life cycle of hair as anagen, catagen, and telogen.
    You determine how the structure of the hair relates to how the hair reacts to services and products.
    You identify the development process for straight, wavy, and curly hair.
    You differentiate between the types of melanin; eumelanin and pheomelanin, and their affects on natural hair color.

  2. Build the chemical structure of hair from the simplest form of matter to the protein chains that form hair.
    Assessment Strategies
    by completing activities as assigned by your instructor.
    by creating and assessing a poster of a hair or scalp condition.
    by taking a test/exam.
    Criteria
    You identify different forms of matter used in the salon.
    You identify physical and chemical changes in forms of matter that relate to the industry.
    You identify formation of hair in it's simplest form of atoms, elements, and molecules.
    You identify formation of hair including all the subfibers and bonds that form hair.

  3. Analyze and evaluate the hair and scalp.
    Assessment Strategies
    by completing activities as assigned by your instructor.
    by creating and assessing a poster of a hair or scalp condition.
    by taking a test/exam.
    Criteria
    You use terminology relating to the hair during analysis and evaluation.
    You analyze hair to determine fine, medium, or coarse texture.
    You identify degrees of porosity.
    You identify whether the hair is of normal elasticity.
    You look for common hair conditions in Your analysis.
    You document Your analysis.
    Scalp condition poster includes a minimum of two pictures.
    Scalp condition poster includes an explanation of the symptoms of the condition.
    Scalp condition poster includes an explanation of the recommended treatment for the condition.
    You relate hair loss to personal experiences.