Talking about hair can be fascinating for those who are endowed with that filament in both pleasing hue and abundant mass, particularly on one’s head. Explaining that hair is a protein that grows from follicles in the dermis in different regions of the body’s skin may not excite too many people. Strangely or otherwise, the word hair is usually used in singular number even when it refers all the hairs on one’s head. Researchers say that there may be about five million strands of hair on the body of human-being while that number shrinks to about 1,00,000 follicles on the head. While that is subject to much activity, not the most fascinating one being the regularly happening hair cut, as we age, some follicles stop producing hair leading to thinning first and baldness (alopecia) subsequently. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, hair grows about half inch per month on an average. The desire to have hair faster may not bug many but most people, particularly females, are known to relish longer hair. The urge to have lush hair on one’s head has translated into a booming industry manufacturing and marketing a number of products promising fulfilment of that urge.
The sheen of the hair and its dense feature on the scalp are closely connected with one’s overall health, a field that has received much attention by the land’s ancient people whose expert knowledge may be lying hidden in the palm leaf writings of centuries vintage. Some players in the haircare industry do quote from that source hoping to convince their hair-chasing patrons.
