Magical Realist
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There is hair on the human body and on animals that seems to know when it is long enough and stops growing. Strangely enough, if you shave that hair it starts growing again. How does this happen?
There is hair on the human body and on animals that seems to know when it is long enough and stops growing.
There is hair on the human body and on animals that seems to know when it is long enough and stops growing. Strangely enough, if you shave that hair it starts growing again. How does this happen?
There is hair on the human body and on animals that seems to know when it is long enough and stops growing. Strangely enough, if you shave that hair it starts growing again. How does this happen?
If you want your hair to grow as long as possible, braid it to keep all the individual hairs in contact with each other. In unity there is strength, so as one thick braid it will be much more able to resist the forces of the natural and unnatural environment. And if you closely examine someone's braided hair, you'll find that there's a lot less of it at the end than on top of their head. Even braided, very few people can get their hair much longer than waist-length. The destructive forces are still there, just a little weaker, so they take longer to do their damage.
Each hair follicle goes through phases.
In the growth phase (years), the follicle produces keratin, the hair grows. The duration of this phase and the rate of growth determines the maximum length of the hair.
In the dormant phase (months), the follicle stops making keratin, and the hair does not grow.
When the next growth phase starts, the old hair is shed from the follicle, and a new hair starts from scratch.