Friday, 27 February 2009

Hair Facts!!

Here is some facts that you might not know about your hair;

Women's scalp hair grows faster than men's- on average 0.02mm more per day.

Hair is 97 per cent protein; the other 3 per cent is made up of minerals and trace elements.

Each hair follicle grows about 20 hairs in a lifetime.

The lifespan of a hair is between 16 months and 7 years- the average is 3.

Hair can reach over a metre in length.

Pulling a hair from its follicle stimulate the next hair to grow.

Hair usually grows over a centimetre a month.
The growth and loss of hairs from each follicle are finely controlled, but don't happen at the same time as other follicle, otherwise everyone would go temporarily bald.

Hair grows more slowly in cold weather because circulation is more sluggish.

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