Natural Dreadlocks

• On a normal scalp there are about 100 to 150 thousand hair fibers.

• A blonde head of hair has usually much more fibers than red or dark haired heads.

• Hair consists mainly of keratin, which is also responsible for the elasticity of fingernails.

• A single hair has a thickness of 0.02-0.04mm, so that 20 to 50 hair fibers next to each other make one millimeter. Hair is strong as a wire of iron. It rips after applying a force equivalent to 60kg, after it is stretched to 70%.

• The root of a hair fiber sticks into something like a bag in the skin. The fiber is pushed out of this bag about 0.35mm per day; making an average growth rate of 1cm, or half of an inch, per month. The growth rate is however very much related to the individual person, his/her age, his/her diet etc.

• Healthy hair has an average lifetime of 2-6 years.

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 4:57 pm and is filed under Natural Hair Styles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

• On a normal scalp there are about 100 to 150 thousand hair fibers.

• A blonde head of hair has usually much more fibers than red or dark haired heads.

• Hair consists mainly of keratin, which is also responsible for the elasticity of fingernails.

• A single hair has a thickness of 0.02-0.04mm, so that 20 to 50 hair fibers next to each other make one millimeter. Hair is strong as a wire of iron. It rips after applying a force equivalent to 60kg, after it is stretched to 70%.

• The root of a hair fiber sticks into something like a bag in the skin. The fiber is pushed out of this bag about 0.35mm per day; making an average growth rate of 1cm, or half of an inch, per month. The growth rate is however very much related to the individual person, his/her age, his/her diet etc.

• Healthy hair has an average lifetime of 2-6 years.

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 4:57 pm and is filed under Natural Hair Styles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.