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Ms Ritsuko Borges, founder of the Japanese head spa Masa.Kanai, applies a scalp-focused treatment in Manhattan on Oct 9. Ms Borges gives her client a “carbon bath”, which uses concentrated carbonic acid to remove build-up on the scalp.
PHOTO: WINNIE AU/NYTIMES
Gina Cherelus
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NEW YORK – For up to two hours each day this summer, Ms Mekalah El-Amin massaged her scalp in the hope of increasing hair growth and density.
Using her fingers or an electric, hand-held massager – changing its position every few minutes so no area was neglected – she would gently rub her scalp, hoping to stimulate her curly coils from their follicles.
