Question About Terminal Length
Posted by Grant on July 28, 2003 at 00:23:20: Previous Next
Hi, I have a question about terminal length. Suppose your hair has reached its terminal length, and you never cut your hair, and then you do something permenant to it that usually grows out (bleaching, dying, etc.) would it end up staying like that forever, like if you bleached your hair would you stay blonde forever? What would happen?
-Grant
Re: Question About Terminal Length
Posted by Aaron on July 28, 2003 at 00:54:18: Previous Next
In Reply to: Question About Terminal Length posted by Grant on July 28, 2003 at 00:23:20:
I took this from www.choisser.com/longhair it explains about terminal length.
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 yes the blond will eventually grow out.
Re: Question About Terminal Length
Posted by ColdFlu on July 28, 2003 at 16:39:23: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Question About Terminal Length posted by Aaron on July 28, 2003 at 00:54:18:
Or "fall out"...
It will grow out.
Posted by Sherri on July 29, 2003 at 02:45:32: Previous Next
In Reply to: Question About Terminal Length posted by Grant on July 28, 2003 at 00:23:20:
My ex-husband died his hair at terminal length. The dye grew out, but his hair never grew longer. Strange but true...