Hi There and welcome to my blog. Let me start by introducing my self. My name is Patrick Bugeja and i am the founder of Red Hair Design.
At Red Hair Design I, along with my team are building an innovative way to the hair industry as we know it in Australia. We don't want to just cut or style your hair, because we believe that you are far more important than that.
When you come to us, you don't just come for a service, you come to be pampered and pampered you shall at our salon.
Are you sick of hair dressers that don't listen and just cut your hair the way they think it should look, rather than the way that you like it? Well at Red Hair Design we make it our number one policy to LISTEN and be there for you as our client. And to add to this we also offer our 100% guarantee. If you don't like your hair after we have finished, we will redo it absolutely free or you money back. No questions asked.
We are always here to answer any questions that you may have, weather they are about products, hair treatments or any thing that you may want to ask about hair. So join this blog and be a part of a new and innovative approach to the hair industry.
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Patrick Bugeja
Physiology of Hair
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Hair is a good indicator about a person’s physical and mental state. For example, healthy and shiny hair symbolizes an overall, youth and vitality. Illness, diet, hormonal constitution and types of shampoos and oils a person my use will also play a major role in the texture of hair.
Keratin is the main composition of hair, and is a structural protein. Hoofs, furs, the horn on a rhinoceros’s nose and the finger nails on our hands and feet are also made of Keratin. Cystine, acrystallized pair of molecules of amino acid Cystine, is among the important ingredients that constitute Keratin, accounting for nearly twenty five percent of the protein.
Each hair strand has three layers. The large and thick ones have a medulla forming their innermost layer. The Cortex is what determines what the texture and colour will become, and the third is the cuticle which is the thin, colourless protective layer.
There are four types of hair, Lanugo, which is slender and starts growing during the second trimester of fetal life and will be shed before birth. Vellus is a short colourless hair that infants have and also covers most parts of the body and as we mature it will become coarser and thicker. When the Vellus thickens and gets pigmented we call it terminal hair which is found on the scalp. When the hair on the scalp starts to thin; the terminal hair begins to turn into vellus.
Hair serves several important functions. It conserves heat and protects the scalp from heat and cold. It also acts as a filter, keeping out the atmospheric filth, that the nose and ear particularly are most vulnerable to. You can wear a hat to fight heat and cold, but what do you do to keep the filth out? These apart, hair is central to the health of the sensory system. The hair follicles, surrounded by sensory nerves, inform the system whenever any pressure is applied on the hair.
Baldness is one. It could have genetic origins, or be due to some disease. And while there is no complete cure for it, the condition can be alleviated. Growth of unwanted hair on the body is the second major problem, but one for which there are more satisfying solutions than there are for curing baldness. Several common methods are in vogue, the simplest being shaving. There are also electrolysis and laser hair removal. All these are for women suffering from hirsutism -- the tendency of certain women to have excess hair on the face, the hands, and the legs and around the chin.
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