Does anything special happen to hair after it is cut? For instance, does it eventually turn grey or shrivel up or anything?
2006-07-14 10:57:33 · 5 answers · asked by Matt 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Hair is just long strands of protein. Nothing exciting happens after it is cut off because it is no longer attached to the cell that produced it. It just lays there until someone gets tired of looking at it and throws it away. It doesn't shrivel up or change colors because it never was alive to being with.
2006-07-14 13:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by BandGeek 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is an odd question. The segment of hair that is cut will fall to the floor and eventually decay. The segment left on the head will continue to grow like it always does.
2006-07-14 18:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by James H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hair is composed (like your outer layer of skin and your nails) of dead cell tissue. hair is not part of your living body. after it is cut, it would eventually decompose given the proper conditions of moisture and humidity and decomposing bacteria/animals/insects. without several of those factors, hair can be preserved for a very long time.
it will not turn gray. hair color (or lack thereof) is generated by the hair follicle (the root), which is alive.
2006-07-14 21:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there are two options
1)it grows back
2)it gets thrown in the garbage
2006-07-15 01:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by niecy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, hair is just dead cells, nothing can happen.
2006-07-14 19:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by ray g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋