Humidity affects hair by altering the bonds in the hair shaft, changing the texture. Hair is made of two types of bonds, disulfide and hydrogen. Disulfide bonds are the stronger of the two, and determine the hair’s texture. Hydrogen bonds are weaker and easily broken and reformed by water. Hair is naturally porous, meaning it absorbs water easily. So in humid conditions, as hair absorbs the moisture from the air, the hydrogen bonds break and reform, leading to a change in the hair's texture.
Curly hair is naturally more porous and tends to frizz more readily than straight. In fact, thin or straight hair tends to react to the added weight of absorbed moisture by becoming limp and lifeless.
Your hair’s hydration level also plays a part in how it will react. The drier the strands, the more porous they are and the more moisture they’ll absorb, leading to a higher chance of frizz.
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