Solar radiation is an important source of damage to hair fibers. However, it is still a huge challenge to instrumentally measure the consequences of its interaction with the fibers constituents. In this work, the flexabrasion methodology has been investigated as a potential tool to quantify the alterations on hair mechanical properties due to structural damages caused by solar radiation. For that, an in-vitro experiment has been developed, in which human hair samples, simulating different levels of chemical sensitization (natural, bleached, dyed and straightened with formaldehyde), were submitted to different levels of radiation from a xenon lamp source. Statistical analysis of the data obtained with the methodology showed that it is able to capture the influence of solar radiation on hair mechanical resistance, especially when using natural fibers from 60 hours of exposure onwards, what would be equivalent to around 5 months of real solar exposure at Rio de Janeiro, on people that are directly exposed to the sun during 1,5 h per day. Thus, one can conclude that flexabrasion is a methodology option to evaluate the photo protection efficacy offered by hair care products.