kate.winselt
10-12-2010, 07:25 AM
The average scalp has more than 100,000 hairs.
The maximum length hair can grow to is 70-90 cm.
A normal person can lose upto 100 hairs a day, from the scalp.
You must lose at least about half your hair, to make hair loss noticeable.
Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body.
The average life of a single strand of hair is 3-7 years.
Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails - keratin.
When your hair is wet, it can increase its length by up to 30% and still return to normal length after it's dried.
Forty percent of women by the time they reach menopause will have female pattern (hereditary) hair loss. Over 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss.
The only places on the human body where we don’t grow hair are on the palms of our hands, the soles of our feet and our lips .
The maximum length hair can grow to is 70-90 cm.
A normal person can lose upto 100 hairs a day, from the scalp.
You must lose at least about half your hair, to make hair loss noticeable.
Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body.
The average life of a single strand of hair is 3-7 years.
Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails - keratin.
When your hair is wet, it can increase its length by up to 30% and still return to normal length after it's dried.
Forty percent of women by the time they reach menopause will have female pattern (hereditary) hair loss. Over 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss.
The only places on the human body where we don’t grow hair are on the palms of our hands, the soles of our feet and our lips .