Research Paper 1 part 1

(Yeah, it's an essay. Yes, I didn't cite my work. My English teachers are weeping in sorrow. I am sorry teachers but I was too lazy. )

According to common sense, I mean science, the are about three different types of hair in the world. These three are curly, wavy and straight. All three types at their core are the same. They all have the same three layers of cuticle, cortex, and medulla. Besides these three layers, the is also a protein called Keratin that is the main component of all hair types.

So how come if every hair is composed of the same substances are the different types of hair? The answer to that is due to the shape of each person's hair follicles. And of course, as you may or may not know a person's hair follicles depend on the racial background of said person. For instance, a person of Asian descent has round to oval follicles, a Caucasian person has oval shaped follicles and a person of Afro descent has oval to elliptical hair follicles.

What does this mean? It means that thanks to a person of Asian descent hair follicles being in a round to oval shape they are birthed with straight to wavy hair. And a person of Caucasian descent thanks to their hair follicles being in an oval shape their hair comes out being wavy to curly. It also means a person of Afro descent will be birthed with light curly to very very curly sometimes label collied hair thanks to their hair follicles being in the shape of an oval to elliptical.

Now besides the shapes of each person's hair, the is also density, thickness, and growth rate as well. A person hair thickness, density, and growth rates also depends upon a person's follicles shape. For instance, an Asian person has the fastest growing hair rate, followed by a Caucasian person than an Afro person. This faster growth rate is due to said Asian person hair shape being straight to wavy hair.

However, because an Asian person hair is straight to wavy they actually have less density. Now density is how many hairs per area on a person skull and thickness is an individual hair width. The reason for the fact for a person of Asian descent hair being less dense even though their hair grows at a faster rate is due to the fact that straight hairs are usually not very thick. A thicker hair means a stronger hair and thus less chance of breakage. Curly to very very curly hairs are thicker than straight and wavy hair and so they grow slower but can live longer and thus are denser.

If you notice on average an Asian person hair is usually long but dense/thin, a Caucasian person hair is on average middle length and middle thicker in hair, and an afro person hair is shorter and very much thicker then the other two races. This is all due to their hair follicles.

Now, what does all this has to do with my month-long experiment? Come tomorrow and you will find out when I post up part 2.