Masters of Health Magazine April 2022 | Page 66

VARIATION

Ethnic differences create differences in the appearance and texture of the hair.

The hair on your head provides insulation from hot and cold temperatures and protection from the sun’s UV rays.

Plus, HAIR is an extension of the nervous system: A type of highly evolved feelers or antennae that transmit vast amounts of important information to the brain stem, the limbic system, and the neocortex.  Hair also emits electromagnetic energy from the brain into the outer environment.  This is seen in Kirlian photography when a person is photographed with long hair and then rephotographed after their hair is cut off or shorter. 

Recall the Biblical story of Sampson and Delilah, where Delilah cut Sampson’s hair, causing him to lose his supernatural strength and get defeated by his enemies.

The hair follicle organ consists of: the papilla, the hair matrix, a root sheath, the bulge that houses stem cells, and the Infundibulum or cup where the follicles grow.

This area also contains the arrector pili muscles, the sebaceous glands, the apocrine sweat glands, and receptors.

Stem cells supply the entire hair follicle with new cells and partake in healing the epidermis after a wound.

Hair growth occurs in distinct sequential stages. 

Anagen: Active growth stage

Catagen: Regression of the hair follicle phase 

Telogen: Resting stage

Exogen: Active shedding phase

Kenogen: The phase between the empty hair follicle and the growth of new hair