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<\/a><\/p>\nHere are some interesting facts about hair that should make for some quick and light reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0<\/strong> Hair is present almost on all parts of the body except the palms of your hands, the soles of the feet, the eyelids, the lips and the mucous membranes.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong>\u00a0 Hair is made from a protein called Keratin.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong>\u00a0 The shape of the hair follicles decides the type and texture of your hair.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong>\u00a0 The hair on your head is different in texture from the hair on your eyebrow, eyelashes and body hair. Even the hair growing the nose is different.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong>\u00a0 Hair has a lifecycle of three phases: growth, cessation and rest.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0<\/strong> The lifecycle of the hair on the scalp is 3-4 years while that of an eyebrow is around 4 months. The life of a body hair is 3-6 years.<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong>\u00a0 At any given time, about 10 percent of the hair is at rest while 90 percent of your hair follicles are growing.<\/p>\n 8.<\/strong>\u00a0 Each person loses 40-100 strands of hair daily.<\/p>\n 9.<\/strong>\u00a0 Adult stem cells can help in hair regrowth and can boost hair production.<\/p>\n 10.<\/strong>\u00a0 Your hair and skin become oily as each hair follicle has a sebaceous gland which secretes an oily substance that coats the scalp and skin. This is the body\u2019s way of protecting scalp and skin from bacteria, germs and viruses.<\/p>\n 11.<\/strong>\u00a0 Hair grows faster in summer. It seems that the high temperatures promote circulation and increases blood flow to the follicles that encourages them to grow faster. (So, believe your granny when she says that hot oil massages help.)<\/p>\n 12.\u00a0<\/strong> The root of the hair or the hair plexus has a group of nerves that are sensitive receptors and which send signals to the brain about how your hair is moving. So that\u2019s how you feel pain when the hair is plucked or waxed.<\/p>\n 13.<\/strong>\u00a0 When you are cold, afraid or excited, the tiny muscles called pili, attached to the base of the hair follicles get activated. The result \u2013 Goosebumps.<\/p>\n 14.<\/strong>\u00a0 Hair can be removed or thinned by using laser hair reduction wherein lasers target the hair follicle that damages it and causes it to become weak.<\/p>\n