Overview:
What do we know about our hair? How does it develop on our heads? For how long does it live? What makes it whiten? A quiz in twelve questions on basic knowledge about the hair.
Question 1
The hair grows more than one centimetre per month.
True
False
Question 2
The head’s longest hair measures 3.55 m.
True
False
Question 3
A healthy hair’s life is longer in women than in a man.
True
False
Question 4
The hair follicles are the white part that surround the root of a fallen hair.
True
False
Question 5
A hair that falls with its root does not grow back.
True
False
Question 6
A normal head of hair has about 100,000 hairs.
True
False
Question 7
For as long as it hasn’t fallen, all of the hair on our head keeps growing.
True
False
Question 8
Beyond 30 hairs a day, a hair loss must be considered to be abnormal.
True
False
Question 9
Cutting the hair makes it more vigorous.
True
False
Question 10
Keratin is the hair’s main composant.
True
False
Question 11
By nature, the hair is thinner on the front of the head.
True
False
Question 12
The hair’s colour is determined by the same pigment
as the skin’s.