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  <!-- Priority 0.8 — Hair Help Center hub -->
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  <!-- Priority 0.7 — Individual treatment pages (11 treatments) -->
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  <!-- Priority 0.7 — HHC category pages (7 indexable categories; extensions noIndex) -->
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  <!-- Priority 0.6 — HHC article pages (25 articles) -->
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  <!-- hair-loss · WORK-019 Hair-Loss cluster (A171-A175) -->
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  <!-- scalp-health · WORK-019 Scalp cluster (A161-A167) -->
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  <!-- hair-colour (6 articles) -->
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  <!-- hair-colour · WORK-019 Shine cluster (A151-A153) -->
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  <!-- treatments (27 articles) -->
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    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>
  <!-- treatments · WORK-019 Repair cluster (A131-A135) -->
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  </url>
  <!-- treatments · WORK-019 Smoothing/Straightening cluster (A121-A128) -->
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