Did you know?
- Hair grows approximately 3 times faster than fingernails, at around 1.25cm per month, and fingernails grow about 4 times faster than toenails.
- Men's nails grow faster than women's, but women’s hair grows faster than men’s.
- Both hair and nails grow faster in summer than in winter. Warm weather enhances blood circulation nourishing cells and stimulating growth.
- Nails grow at different speeds on both hands. If you are right-handed, the nails on your right hand will grow faster than the nails on your left hand and vice versa.
- Nail manicure is an ancient art and is known to have been practised 4,000 years ago.
- The longest finger nail ever recorded was 74.1cm.
- The longest scalp hair on record measured 5.15 meters.
- Blondes are supposed to have more fun and they definitely have more hair. The number of hairs on the head vary with the hair’s natural colour with blondes having the most and redheads the least.
- Hair is incredibly strong and it’s possible to hang between 5,600kg and 8,400kg from one head of hair without it breaking – although your neck might snap in the process!
- In Michigan, USA, a man legally owns his wife's hair and it cannot be cut without the husband’s permission.
