Bridging Industry Terminology and Scientific Understanding in Hair Analysis.

Forensic hair Analysis of our hair samples

Scientific Understanding in Hair Analysis.

Several years ago, our company engaged Dr. Jan-Eric Grunwald (ENFSI Network Member) to analyze several hair samples and clarify the scientific validity of the term "virgin hair" which is a common marketing term used in the hair industry. His expertise confirmed: Forensic science does not recognize "virgin hair" as a technical term (per ENFSI’s  Hair Evidence Terminology Guidelines, Section ).

Scientific characterization requires measurable metrics like not subjective commercial labels.

This consultation, though purely educational, was fascinating! Thank you Dr. Grunwald.

We do not perform forensic analysis on our hair samples. As a commercial entity, the cost and manpower required for forensic-grade examination of hundreds of thousands of samples is prohibitively infeasible due to forensic hair analysis costs and lab technician time. Instead, we’re building an early-stage Hair Database (prototype phase) under the expertise and technical guidance of Glen Rhodes.

It aggregates our initial datasets from:

• limited synthetic data

• lab verified data.

• industry self reports using model estimates tagged with source transparency scores.

  
  

This is explicitly not forensic-grade and is designed for commercial R&D, not legal evidence.

Why does this matter for industry?

Gaming/VR: Early partners may use our spectral data to simulate realistic hair physics (e.g., modeling  in  structures).

Terminology alignment: Helping brands recognize ambiguous terms like "virgin" with science-informed descriptors such as "unprocessed".

As the database evolves, we’ll prioritize transparency about data limitations.

We are open to connecting with scientists, developers, and industry peers exploring this intersection.

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