· Updated January 16, 2025 12:02 AM · 3 min read read
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By all accounts Suman Lal was headed for a career in medicine, but it was conversations with a fellow scientist Pradeep Paul Panengad about how women struggle with their hair that launched him into the development of a new product that could change hair salons all over the world.
Current hair straightening technology relies on flat irons and noxious chemicals. Lal and his partner realized a more scientific approach could provide a safer tool, one that would use more natural molecules to open ha
By all accounts Suman Lal was headed for a career in medicine, but it was conversations with a fellow scientist Pradeep Paul Panengad about how women struggle with their hair that launched him into the development of a new product that could change hair salons all over the world.
Current hair straightening technology relies on flat irons and noxious chemicals. Lal and his partner realized a more scientific approach could provide a safer tool, one that would use more natural molecules to open ha…