Hair porosity: understanding and analysing your fiber

HAIR PORES: UNDERSTANDING THE FIBER TO BETTER TREAT IT

La Hair porosity is an essential element for understanding How your hair absorbs and retains moisture. It determines how the fiber reacts to care products, water, and external aggressions. For textured hair, knowing its hair porosity is the key to an effective and personalized routine.

When the cuticles are tightened, The water diffuses easily but remains for a long time. When they are Open, The water gets in quickly… but it also gets out just as quickly.

Understanding its porosity is to understand it How to hydrate effectively her hair.

 

What is capillary porosity?

Capillary porosity corresponds to the ability of the hair to absorb and hold back hydration. It depends on the state of the cuticles, These are small protective scales that cover the fiber.

  • Cuticles tightened → the water penetrates with difficulty but remains for a long time.

  • Cuticles Open → the water moves quickly but escapes quickly.

 Understanding hair porosity allows you to adapt your routine to the real biology of the hair.

Pipeska — the expert native of textured hair. 

Hydration vs Nutrition — to explain how porosity influences needs. 

Why is capillary porosity essential for textured hair?

Textured hair naturally has:

  • a cuticle less regular,

  • a fiber more sensitive to drought,

  • hydration more difficult to maintain.

Two identical hairs can react differently to the same care product: hair porosity explains these variations.

The three levels of hair porosity

Poor hair porosity

Very tight cuticles. Durable hydration 

Shiny hair 

The water is difficult to penetrate

Recommended routine:

Explore Hydra‑Marin shampoo to hydrate gently

 

Average porosity

Aligned cuticles, slightly open. Perfect balance, flexibility, easy hydration

Recommended routine: Hydra‑Marin · Caribbean Fusion. Hair Mask · Universal Conditioner

Try it Caribbean Fusion for balanced hydration with aloe vera.

 

High porosity

Very open cuticles, Dryness, Frizzy hair, Split ends

Recommended routine: Ocean Clean · Caribbean Fusion. Long-lasting mask · Universal balm to seal in moisture.

Discover Capillary Repairing Mask with Lingzhi to strengthen the fiber. Science of textured hair — to deepen the biology of the cuticle.

 

 

How to test your Hair porosity ?

* Water glass test

Place a clean hair in a glass of water.

  • It floats → low porosity

  • It flows slowly → average porosity

  • It flows quickly → high porosity

 * Touch test

Move your fingers from bottom to top.

  • Smooth surface → low

  • Lightly textured surface → medium

  • Rough surface → high

* Test of the drying time

  • Slow drying → low

  • Normal drying → average

  • Very rapid drying → high

 

The Pipeska approach: gentle science & effectiveness

At Pipeska, each formula is designed to respect the nature of textured hair:

  • clean without stripping off the paint

  • hydrating without weighing you down

  • Repair without suffocating

  • Seal without hardening

A scientific, natural, sensory approach. Authentic beauty revealed in a gentle way. 

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Pipeska organic hair care range for curly, frizzy and frizzy hair
Adapted routine according to porosity

 

Scientific references

To guarantee the quality and rigor of our content, Pipeska relies on scientific sources recognized in the study of hair fiber, the structure of the hair, and the mechanisms of hydration.

Scientific measurement of capillary porosity

A study published on PubMed proposes an innovative method for measuring the Hair porosity using gas sorption. This technique allows the quantification of the volume of pores, their distribution and the damaged surface of the hair. The results show that chemical damage (such as oxidation) and UV damage modify the porosity through different mechanisms, confirming the central role of the hair’s internal structure in its ability to absorb and retain hydration. Source: PubMed study on capillary porosity

 

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