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HAIRY TALES

Anthony Morgan is having a bad hair day. His co-host Sarika Cullis-Suzuki is wondering how to fight the frizz.

All of us can relate. According to one US survey, we struggle with “bad hair days” more than a week out of every month. No wonder we go to such great lengths trying to fix it!

Is DNA destiny? Or is there anything we can do to change our follicles’ fate?

In this entertaining, informative documentary, our hosts take us on a hair-raising journey from the salon to the lab to the circus to explore the fascinating science at the root of it all. Along the way, they reveal their own personal hair dilemmas and untangle some surprising new research that suggests the science is anything but cut and dry.

Featuring a diverse cast of experts, Hairy Tales delves beneath the scalp to examine everything from how hair grows and why we lose it to why we even have hair on our heads in the first place.

Our hosts also go back to their roots, exploring their family histories to learn more about how genetics influence hair growth, texture and colour. Sarika tags along for a haircut with her scientist dad David Suzuki while Anthony hosts a family barbecue and seeks the advice of his childhood barber.

As one dermatologist notes, “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have hair issues.” Tune in to find out if this must-watch hairy tale has a happy ending.

Watch now on CBC Gem