Hair Raising Thoughts

About Hair

Average number of hairs on the head: 100,000red hair: 90,000black hair: 110,000blond hair: 140,000Longest hair: 70 to 90 cmYearly growth: 12 cm

Hair-Raising Facts

Hair Raising FactsDid You Know

Women’s hair grows more slowly than men’s hairMen’s hair is thicker on their heads than women’s hairLifespan of hair: 2 to 7 yearsDiameter of hair: 0.1 mmLoad-carrying capacity: 100 grams (~one chocolate bar)Humidity stretches the hair

Combing is better than brushingCorrect shampooing will not dry out hairWashing hair daily won’t make hair fall outHair grows faster in warm weatherOlder people have slower hair growth and fewer hairsCutting hair does not make it growSplit ends can not be fixed and need to be cutWet hair should not be rubbed since hair is very sensitive

Hair Raising Facts

The human hairMammals are covered with hair. People are mammals. We all have three kinds of hair:

long hair (on the head, beard, or underarm)

bristles (in noses and ears, eyelashes and eyebrows)

fine body hair (on arms, face, and legs). Hair covers the whole body, except for soles of feet, palms of hands, mucous membranes, and lips.25 % of all hair is hair on the head. You have 90,000 to 140,000 hairs on your head.Hair grows 0.25 to 0.40 millimeters per day or 1 hour = 0.0125 mm 1 day = 0.3 mm 1 week = 2.1 mm 1 month = 1 cm 1 year = 12 cmEvery day, you loose about 100 hairs.Your hairs together grow daily by a total of 30 meters.

How hair is made up

Hair is built like a tube out of stuff called keratin Hair soaks up water like a sponge. What’s inside of the tube makes it’s color. When people get older the tube has

less color and the hair turns gray or white.

Structure The outside of a hair is

covered with tiny scales. Hair does not have nerves

or blood, but it is rooted in living skin.

Hair has two parts: a shaft, above the skin, and the hair roots in the skin.

The hair root makes a tiny long tunnel (called a follicle) that goes into the lower layers of the skin.

At the end of the tiny tunnel there is a hair papilla. The papilla is where the hair grows. This is where hair is fed by the blood.

Slightly below the skin there are oil glands so it won’t dry out.

Tiny hair-raising muscles make the oil come out. This tiny muscle can make hair stand on end.

Feed Your Hair Especially

healthy for hair are whole meal products, eggs, liver, kidneys, vitamin D, herrings, salmon, carrots, green vegetables, and vitamin C.

What would be if hair stopped existing?· Our heads would not be protected

against cold, heat, wind and weather.

· Sweat, which is held back by your eyebrows, would run into your eyes.

· Hair care shops, hairdressers and wig makers would go out of business

· Cats, dogs and a lot of other animals (namely, mammals) would freeze to death because they would not have fur to keep them warm.

. Jokes about blondes would not be funny.

· The handsome prince would never reach Rapunzel.

Hair Care --Shampoo --Everybody uses it. But what

is it? A hair shampoo is made of

water, chemicals, coloring substances and scents.

To have healthy hair, you do not need more than a mild shampoo.

You may need to wash your hair every day.

You should use the right shampoo for your kind of hair.

Good shampoo won’t harm skin or burn eyes.

It will take oil and dirt out of the hair and make it shine.

Water in pools or the ocean can hurt hair. Wash it with clean water as soon as you can.

Rinse shampoo out all the way. If not, your hair won’t shine, smell good or be fluffy.

DO NOT rub your hair dry with a bath-towel. It hurts the hair. Wrap a towel around your head tightly and pat your hair dry.

Wait until your hair is dry before you try to brush or comb it. Hair knots should not be pulled or combed down. Start at the ends and work up.

Combs are better for hair than brushes. Get combs without sharp points and edges that hurt hair.

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Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

Barber, Barber Shave a Pig

Barber, barber shave a pig.How many hairs will make a wig?Four and twenty; that's enough.Give the barber a pinch of snuff

There was a little girl

There was a little girland she had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead;And when she was good she was

very, very good,But when she was bad she was horrid

Curly-locks! Curly-locks! Wilt thou be mine?Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine;But sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam,and feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream

Curly Locks

 Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Bear; Fuzzy Wuzzy had No Hair.

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't Fuzzy, was he?

The fairy tale: Rapunzel

On the day Rapunzel was born, she was taken by a witch. After many years, she grew into a sweet and beautiful girl. When she was 13 years old, the old witch brought the girl to a tall tower. There was one small window at the very top of the tower. Each time the witch went to visit Rapunzel in the high tower she cried:

“Rapunzel, Rapunzel,let down your hair.”

The witch used Rapunzel’s long and golden hair to climb into the tower.

One day, a prince, saw the tower. He heard a wondrous, musical voice. He tried to catch a glimpse of the girl. He watched the tower and one day he saw the witch. He saw, how the witch climbed into the tower. The next evening he went to the tower and cried: “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.” He climbed her hair as the witch had done. When he got inside the tower he saw Rapunzel. They fell in love. He came every night to see the beautiful girl. Unfortunately the witch found out.

One night she came early and saw the prince slipping away. The witch climbed into the tower, cut off Rapunzel’s beautiful hair and took her to a desert.

The next evening the prince went to the tower but found the witch instead of Rapunzel. Brokenhearted he jumped from the tower. He landed in briars that scratched his eyes. Blind, he wandered about. After many years,!

 

one day, he heard a sweet and sorrowful voice. He had found Rapunzel! When she saw the prince, she began to cry. Her tears fell on the prince’s face and healed his eyes. He brought Rapunzel to his kingdom as his bride where they lived happily ever after.

A Fable : Struwwelpeter

Once there was a boy named Peter who did not want to comb his hair. He did not want to wash it, either. No matter what his mother and father said, Peter refused to do anything to his hair.

After a while, Peter’s hair was full of leaves and twigs. One day some birds tried to build a nest in Peter’s hair. Still Peter refused to do anything

His hair grew and grew. Soon it covered his eyes, his nose and his mouth. Still Peter would not cut, comb or wash his hair.

His sister begged him to do something. So did his brother. Even his grandparents warned him that if he did not take care of his hair, something terrible would happen to him.

And one day it did. Peter had gone for a long walk to the village. The wind was blowing fiercely, whipping Peter’s long hair over his eyes. Peter could not see where he was going. He did not see the deep hole that had opened up in the road, and with one last step, Peter fell into the hole and was never seen again

The moral of the story is --Mind your parents and watch where you are going or evil will come to you.

BUSINESSWOMAN, PHILANTHROPIST, and INVENTOR Born Sarah Breedlove on a Delta, LA cotton plantation, she was be the first Black American woman millionaire. She is described as the first self-made American woman millionaire. Orphaned at age seven, and widowed with a two year old daughter, she moved to St. Louis. By washing clothes, she sent herdaughter to Knoxville College. She decided to start her own line of hair care products and with less than two dollars, set up a mail order business in 1906 in Denver, CO, Her new husband Charles Walker helped her . The company soon included a beauty school in Pittsburgh, and later offices in Indianapolis and Harlem. By 1916 the Walker Company included 20,000 agents in the U.S., Central America, and the Caribbean.

Louisiana Leaders: Notable Women in HistoryMADAM C.J. WALKER (SARAH BREEDLOVE), 1867-1919

, the largest gift given by an African American woman. At the 1912 National Negro Business League convention, after League founder Booker T.

Washington had refused to let her be on the program, she spoke from the floor and impressed the mostly

male audience so much that they invited her back the following year. In 1918 she gave the keynote speech at

several NAACP fund-raisers for the anti-lynching effort and in her will contributed thousands of dollars

to Black schools, individuals, organizations, and institutions.

Madam Walker gave $1000 to the building fund for the YMCA in the Indianapolis black community

Madam Walker believed in Black women should make their own money.

She built her business at a time when the only other jobs were wor5king as a maid or sharecropping. "...I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come...Get up and make them!" (National Negro Business League, 1913) Her work led to a multibillion dollar Black cosmetics company. she used her money and position to work towards political and economic rights for African Americans and women.

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