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Products for coily textures were still scarce.

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This embarrassment of riches can make shopping an overwhelming and costly experience.

Even with so much information on the internet, trial and error is inevitably involved.

The most commonly-usedhair typing systemwas created in the 1990s by stylist Andre Walker.

We did it one by one, identifying thousands of images over the past four years.

It takes a while to get to the scale to have the accuracy needed.

And we’re training our system daily as people use the app.

I learned that your hair is as unique as your fingerprint, says Harris.

After answering a brief questionnaire about my top three hair goals and challenges, I got my results.

The whole process took less than five minutes.

I wasnt expecting to get a whopping 116 product suggestions, though.

Unlike the AI assessment, the kit requires patience.

First, I had to wait several days for the kit to arrive in the mail.

The report found that overall, my hair needs more care.

At the same time, I felt motivated to step up my hair-care game.

And I now have a plan to do exactly that.

It included 19 suggestions total for 10 categories including cleansing, conditioning,detangling, and styling.

The evaluation also included detailed regimens for my specific hair issues like dryness, tangles, and buildup.

Perhaps human scientists still beat out tech when it comes to analyzing hair at least for now.

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