Sixty volunteers (female) in the age group of 20-30 years were included in this study.
These were subjects who did not use hair oil but used a shampoo for cleansing hair. They
also did not use any other conditioners or styling products. These subjects were divided
into two groups of 30 each. One group applied coconut oil daily while the other group
did not apply any product. The primary assessments included measurement of HBI at the
baseline and after 16 weeks of treatment. Few hair fi bers were collected during each visit
to determine the break stress of hair.