100 microns wide! :D

[GrowingOut]

So I just did some physics for school to learn more about lasers, and in testing a strand of hair, it turns out each strand is about .1 milimeters thick, just about exactly 100 microns!

Isn't that neat?

[lapushka]

I think about half of that is fine hair? I could be mistaken.

[Bill D.]

There's actually a very wide range. I've seen people whose hair must have been 0.5 mm in diameter. My hair is very fine textured and I'll bet it's well under 0.1 mm.

[GrowingOut]

Oh sorry, I was really tired last night and should have clarified I was measuring my own hair and using an average strand that shed out.

[Arctic]

Oh yes, very neat! It would be fun to measure my strands! If that was an avarage strand of yours, your hair is more like coarse than medium.

[BraidFreak]

That's so cool! it would be interesting to see how it varies across the different hair types, I'm curious about what mine would be now!

[Fia]

We did this way back in high-school physics, but with a micrometer screw gauge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer), not laser. My own hair didn't even register when measured, it's that fine.

[lapushka]

We did this way back in high-school physics, but with a micrometer screw gauge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer), not laser. My own hair didn't even register when measured, it's that fine.

My old hairdresser had one of those, but it was tiny and round (analog and like a clock face). She once "officially" told me I had F hair, so I guess I can say that with ease. I had a few M hairs in there, but there weren't that many. She measured several. I had no idea what the heck she was doing at first. :lol:

[Dendra]

My old hairdresser had one of those, but it was tiny and round (analog and like a clock face). She once "officially" told me I had F hair, so I guess I can say that with ease. I had a few M hairs in there, but there weren't that many. She measured several. I had no idea what the heck she was doing at first. :lol:

This is so interesting! I'd love to measure my hair and finally know for sure whether it's fine or medium. I guess a little of both but mostly F.

[mira-chan]

I have access to a micrometer and have measured and done microscopy on hair, mine and other LHCers. Mine is also about 100 micrometers on average. :) Fine hair I've measured 40 micrometers at the finest so far.

Arctic, I've had a person or two on here send me hair to measure. :D

Fine blond hair next to coarse dark hair. :)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/kitsunethief/microscope/fineblondvscoarsedark.jpg

[Dendra]

I have access to a micrometer and have measured and done microscopy on hair, mine and other LHCers. Mine is also about 100 micrometers on average. :) Fine hair I've measured 40 micrometers at the finest so far.

Arctic, I've had a person or two on here send me hair to measure. :D

Fine blond hair next to coarse dark hair. :)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/kitsunethief/microscope/fineblondvscoarsedark.jpg

Woooow so cool!