Your Hair

Your hair

Sophia Turnbull

Introduction

The hair is a fascinating thing, and it is there for a reason.
For example the hair on your head cushions and keeps your skull warm.
In this report you will find out how your hair grows, its purpose and much more.

The Purpose

You have hair all over your body except for your palms, soles of your feet and lips.
The hair on your head cushions your head and keep it warm, your eyebrows stop the
sweat on your forehead going into your eyes and your eyelashes stop dirt getting into
your eyes.

How your hair grows

All the hair on your body grows the same way even if its on your head, legs or arms.  
Your hair root is beneath the skin where your cells collect and make keratin. Keratin is
the protein your hair is made of.  The root of your hair is inside a follicle say FOL-ih-kul
which is like a small tube in the skin. As your hair starts to grow it pushes up and out of
the root then out of the follicle through the skin where it can be seen.

You have more than a 100,000 hairs on your head, but you lose some every day.
Almost 50 to 100 hairs fall out everyday while your are washing your hair, going
outside, brushing or combing it and just sitting still.  But new hairs are always replacing
the hairs that have fallen out.

Conclusion

Your body is a amazing thing and if your want to find out more go to kidshealth.org.