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Hair Color Predicts Hair Thickness?
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| Think that your hair is thinning more than your friends? You may be right - but it might have more to do with your hair color than your age! The average head of hair consists of about 100,000 follicles. Blondes tend to be at the top of the density/thickness list with an above average 146,000 follicles. Black hair - 110,000, Brown - 100,000, and at the below average bottom of the list are Redheads with only about 86,000 follicles. As the hair naturally thins with age, these differences tend to become more and more magnified. Sorry - dyeing the hair doesn't change this! |
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4 Habits That Will Age Your Appearance---
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A 20 year study looking at the social habits of 5000 men and women with an average age of 44 recently concluded and will soon appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 4 "bad habits" were shown to age one's perceived appearance (as well as increase the risks for illness and mortality) by an average of 12 years or more!
- Smoking/Tobacco Use
- Alcohol Consumption (more than 2 glasses a day for women, more than 3 glasses a day for men)
- Inactivity (less than 2 hours of exercise or sports a week)
- Diet Deficient in Vegetable/Fruit Intake (less than a serving of either with every meal)
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