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Hair and Nails

Half moons
Nails mostly look pink because of the blood vessels in the skin ...

DID YOU KNOW?
Because they are dead, nails cannot feel anything on their own. But ...

See how they grow
Your fingernails grow 0.05cm (0.02in) a week, four times faster than ...

Now, your nails
Like skin and hair, nails are mostly made from keratin which makes ...

Longest locks
If it is left uncut, hair usually grows to a maximum length of 70cm ...

Got an itch?
You may not be able to see what causes an itch, but you can certainly ...

Hair strength
Hair is thinner than paper but it is very strong for its size. In one ...

Colours and curls
Like the colour of your skin, the colour of your hair depends on how ...

Amazing But True
Some people have tiny, harmless, spider-like mites living in the hair ...

How hair helps
Our ancestors were much hairier than we are. Hair kept them warm. We ...

Hair today …
Your hair grows at a rate of about 2mm (0.08in) a week, or over 10cm ...

Hairy humans
You have about 5 million hairs on your body, with about 100,000 of ...