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Fun Hair Facts
The hair is the mere reflection of a person’s personality. Hair is the most essential and fundamental part of the appearance. A person with tidy, healthy, clean and glowing hair has a very strong impact on people seeing them. They come across as smart, confident, organised and good natured people. People, who don’t care about grooming or keeping themselves neat, don’t come across as responsible or dependable people.
Tried counting you hair?
There are many fun facts that we may not know about our hair, which is interesting and fascinating.
People with blonde hair have 140,000 hairs on their head, while people with black hair have 110,000 hairs on their head and others with red hair have approximately 90,000 hairs on their head. This concludes that blondes have the maximum number of hairs on their head. However the average number of hairs on a person’s head is usually 1, 00,000.
Funny facts on Hair growth
It’s interesting to note that the hair is one of the fastest growing tissues in the human body, having an annual growth of approximately12cm. Women’s hair grows more slowly than men’s and is not as dense as a man’s hair. The average length of hair is about 70cms to 90cms; width is 0.1mm, having a lifespan of 2 to 7 years. On an adult scalp, standard amount of 35meters of hair is produced daily.
On the scalp, only 90% of the hair grows, while the other 10% rest. It’s absolutely normal to lose about 100 hairs daily, from the scalp. The hair is very strong and can be compared to a thin iron rod. One requires at least 60kgs of weight to break the strand of hair.
Bald hair facts
It is a known fact that men bald earlier than women, and one has to loose more than half of their hair, before it is visible to others. Humidity stretches the hair, making it breakable and brittle, while hair grows faster during summer. Most men loose their hair; by the time they are in their 50’s, while women start loosing their hair when they reach menopause. Research has proved that losing excessive hair or baldness is hereditary. People should be aware that combing or brushing wet hair, leads to severe hair loss. However combing is not as damaging as brushing is. The right choice of shampoo can reduce hair loss, dryness and split ends have to be cut, as they cannot be repaired.
Myths about hair care
Many believe that frequent washing of the hair, increases hair loss and regular cutting of the hair increases the growth of the hair, which are both inaccurate and false.
Know more about hair. The glamorous and wholesome look is now all yours.