Hats
Posted by The Prince of Toilets on August 24, 2002 at 15:57:42: Previous Next
What's been suggested is that hair will only grow to a certain length. This because the hair weighs down and is unable to grow any more. Therefore do hats have the same weighing down affect? I constantly wear hats because I have been growing for only 13.5 months (thirteen and a half) and it's a bother to sort it out EVERY DAY. So what's the gist?
Weight...?
Posted by Treyn on August 24, 2002 at 18:48:46: Previous Next
In Reply to: Hats posted by The Prince of Toilets on August 24, 2002 at 15:57:42:
I'm not sure where you heard hair stops growing because of it's weight, but that isn't true. Below I borrowed text from a site called "On Being A Longhair" explaining what is called the Terminal Length of human hair. It is a genetic thing, not weight thing. Please read:
The Life Span of Hair
A human hair only has a life span of two to six years, after which time it falls out and a new hair soon sprouts in its place. This life span, with the growth rate we just discussed, translates into a "terminal length" of one to three feet (30 to 90 cm). Some people are genetically disposed to have longer-living hair than others, and they can therefore grow longer hair. And many people find, as they age, the life span or growth rate of their hair decreases, meaning their terminal length decreases. So each human being, if never cutting any hair, will eventually achieve a maximum hair length, and that length will most likely be between one and three feet (30 to 90 cm). The good news is that whatever length you achieve within that range, you will nevertheless have enough hair to "look like a longhair"! Of course all of your hair strands will never simultaneously achieve terminal length. At any given time, a guy who has not snipped a hair in decades will have an assortment of young hair strands and older ones.
So there you have it, hair is genetically terminal and not a victim of it's own weight. Therefore, a hat will do no harm to your hair. I wear a ball cap style hat at work all the time. Click the link below to read the rest of the site that I borrowed the text from. Lot of great hair info. You'll learn a lot. PEACE!!
ON LENGTH...I'd like to ADD...
Posted by LucksKind on August 24, 2002 at 19:57:13: Previous Next
In Reply to: Weight...? posted by Treyn on August 24, 2002 at 18:48:46:
There is this Salon in NYC where the Rich&Famous LongHaired WOMEN
of the world go for their hair care, trims, etc.
Anyway, the owner of this salon says he has a client in the orient
[Phillipines?] who has 9 feet of hair.
This would men a terminal growth of about 18 years! He also says
tht th LONGer the hair is (in his experience) the fewer hairs you will lose per day.
He claims this women loses no more than 1 or 2 hairs per day.
I'll try to locate the website.
The Orient...
Posted by Mantraschism on August 24, 2002 at 20:36:17: Previous Next
In Reply to: ON LENGTH...I'd like to ADD... posted by LucksKind on August 24, 2002 at 19:57:13:
...is NOT the Philippines, just to let you know. The Orient = Asia.
Re: The Orient...
Posted by LucksKind on August 24, 2002 at 21:02:28: Previous Next
In Reply to: The Orient... posted by Mantraschism on August 24, 2002 at 20:36:17:
...he..he...
....that's what happens when you cannot Edit a post...
....hmmmmm, maybe she's from India? Anyway, I will have to
look up that site.
Thanks
Re: The Orient...
Posted by Mantraschism on August 25, 2002 at 12:10:37: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: The Orient... posted by LucksKind on August 24, 2002 at 21:02:28:
That's very possible. India is part of the Orient, if I'm not completely mistaken.