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by wiyldsmurf on January 24th, 2007
It's alive and you better be careful because it might eat you in your sleep.
by anonymous on January 24th, 2007
i am going to take an educated guess here: no b/c hair and fingernails are made from dead cells, so i would imagine that hair is non-living as well as fingernails.
by jenniferx on January 25th, 2007
hair, nails, skin etc are the result of your body replacng dead cells with new ones. it's the process of regeneration for lack of a better term.
by Anonymous on October 5th, 2007
it doesn't replace dead cells ..but hair is dead. Even healthy hair is dead. It may be thick and lustrous, but it contains no living tissue. Tiny cup-shaped pits found all over the scalp, called hair follicles, produce hair. It is made of dead cells that have been turned into cylinders of keratin. These cylinders form the hair shaft, which grows at about 1cm per month.But even though it's dead, hair contains fats, pigment (melanin), water (at least 10 per cent of dry hair) and traces of vitamins and minerals. Good hair care is necessary for keeping the dead alive.
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Points for humour
by Anonymous on January 24th, 2007
lol!
by Phrenia on January 24th, 2007