15 Hair Facts You Probably Didn't Know Before

Impress your stylist the next time you’re at the hair salon. Here are 15 facts about hair that would probably surprise the average human being. Read up! (and you’re welcome for the conversation starters) 1. Protect and Serve Your hair, skin and nails are all made up of Keratin, a family of fibrous structural proteins. 2. Through Thick and Thin A dot from your pencil is almost the same diameter as your hair. 3. That’s a Long Walk Every strand of hair grows about a half inch per month. Add that all together and you could be looking at 20,000 worth of steps to reach the end of your hair. 4. Throw Me a Bone Bone marrow is the fastest growing tissue followed by hair. 5. One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure The absorbent properties in your hair make it a great sponge for oil. Some salons send their “waste” to help clean up oil spills. 6. And That Brings Us To… A single strand of hair can hold its own weight in water. Can anyone guess that weight? 7. Before You Start Thinking About Shaving Your Head On average, a fresh strand of hair will take seven years to grow down to your waist. That includes regular trims. 8. The Building Blocks of Hair Cysteine creates the 3D shape of a hair follicle. Different textures of hair can have a different shape. 9. When I Was Your Age, My Hair Grew 3 Inches in One Day! As you get older, your hair growth begins to slow down, but it won’t stop completely. 10. Not to be a Downer or Anything, But… Hair also becomes more dry as you age, so you have to keep it nourished. 11. Guess The Number On average, you have between 100,000 to 150,000 strands of hair growing on your head. That’s a lot! 12. It’s Not Grey Hair, It’s Wisdom Highlights Your stressful day may have produced a new grey hair, but you won’t see it for at least 13 days. 13. Thank Your Lucky Stars You hair protects you from the heat in the Summer and the cold in the Winter. 14. Is it Time For a Trim, Yet? Trichoptilosis is the scientific name for split ends. Sounds Scary! 15. Carbon is Everywhere If you have dark hair, you have more carbon in your strands.