Talk:Hair
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Curly Hair
Someone want to talk about how the cross-section of hair determines whether it's straight or curly? --Dante Alighieri 12:14 Dec 6, 2002 (UTC) I second that emotion! I need info on curly hair, people.
Someone with more scientific knowledge than me should really add some information on curly hair and the reasons for it. This (http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000204.html) could be a start, but like I said, someone who knows more about this should probably figure out to add the informationto the article. --newsjunkie 19:38, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Scalpworms
I wish this page included a discussion of scalp and scalpworms, which I feel are a dangerously undiagnosed condition among Americans. I'm looking for scientists and artists to help me investigate this condition at http://www.geocities.com/scalpworms/.
- Try (or write, there's a link now) scalpworms. This is a group effort. --Calieber 20:20, Oct 27, 2003 (UTC)
Deleted Paragraph
I deleted this para:
"Depending on some of the above, hair may be suitable for caressing and other touching by the person him/herself or by a friend or lover, or this may spoil the arrangement."
This has no place in an encyclopedia article. It is self evident to anyone with hair and/or a lover. I know that possibly eliminates many wikipedians, but probably not the majority of people who might read it. Stay focused on the encyclopedia, stop letting your daydreams influence your editing. GRAHAMUK 11:35, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Heir grows thicker when shaved?
I've often wondered - is there any truth in the commonly stated belief that rate/quantity of hair growth depends in some way on hair length (i.e. shaving makes hair grow back thicker)? It would be nice to see some information on this in the article.
most information i've seen says that the hair only appears thicker because it's shorter at first, or else because one begins shaving right as the hair would have come in thicker anyway, it creates false causality. still, it'd be a difficult thing to prove, wouldn't it? one would probably need twins.
Body hair growth cycles
Quote: head hair for practical purposes grows continuously, whereas body hair alternates regular periods of growth and dormancy
I know for a fact this isn't correct. What should I do?
- I personally don't know either way, but if i was positive (as you seem to be) i would go ahead and delete the section and make not of it on the talk page (see above) --Hes Nikke
On a related note, if hair does grow in cycles, does anyone know if it is seasonal? or is it unique for different parts of the body? (eg, 3 or 4 sets of follicles all grow in offset cycles)
Copyvio image
The image used here was a copyvio from http://www.follicle.com/1.html - Texture 19:01, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Bad information
The article describes bipedal locomotion as exteremly inefficient, it is in fact the most effient a fact used to explain why humans slow sprinters but capable runing long distances. The reverse is true other animils are better runners over short distances because quadrapedal locamotion is extremely inneficient and they expend more energy very quickly, hunans can run long distances at slower speeds because bipedal locomotion is the most efficeint.
I fixed this but some misinformed person changed it back ( i just quickly went through the revision history, at least i thought i fixed this)
This needs to be fixed there is no ambiguity, the statement that bipedal locomotions is inefficient could not be more wrong.
