HAIR IQ

answerb. Under normal conditions, hair will be replaced approximately 12
times during a lifetime.

answera. On average, you lose between 40 to 100 hairs every day.

answera.  Average hair growth is generally one-half inch per month.

answerb. The growth phase of individual scalp hair ranges from 2 to 6
years.

answera.  Melanin is the pigment that gives hair its color.  The
color is determinedat conception by the genes you inherit from your parents. 
These genes determinethe amount of pigment your hair will have.

answerFalse. The average healthy scalp contains approximately 100,000
hairs. However, blondes tend to have up to 140,000, brunettes approximately
108,000,and redheads have less than average – about 90,000.

answerTrue.  Hair grows at different rates on various parts of the
body and at differentages.  It grows fastest between the ages of 15 and 30, and
especially inwomen between the ages of 16 and 24.

answerTrue. The difference is that the hairs on the human hand are shorter
and finer.However, both human and chimp hands do contain approximately the
same number of hairs.

answerFalse.  Individuals inherit various genes from their parents
which determine whatkind of hair they will have.

answera. The average length hair will grow in a lifetime is 22-28 inches. 
It is rare for hair to growlonger than 3 feet on women.  There are rare cases, however,
where hairhas been reported to grow as long as 26 feet!

answerTrue.  As adults we are extremely hairy animals!  There
are only a few areas of the bodytotally free of hair.  In maturity we have as many hairs as
some types of apes.

answerFalse.  Caucasian hair is an intermediate type, neither bone
straight asthat of Orientals nor as curly as that of Blacks.  Caucasian
hair may appear wavy, curly,or straight, but rarely is it free of some curl.