Hair density picture thread

[GoddesJourney]

Okay, let's get a visual reference from different heads of hair. Make a part, or multiple parts and take a close up.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40377&d=1582555006

The top left picture is natural light. I have m/c hair all the way to my hairline as you can see. It used to be finer in that area and at the temples but I there are too many factors to determine why that is now different.

The top right is bright light and zoomed in very close. I can see some follicles with more than one hair growing from it. I remember the doctor that lasered hair off another area mentioned two hairs was not uncommon, but that three or four was new to her.

The bottom two are bright light and close up of different parts I made toward the sides of my head. I couldn't get the nape or back on my own.

I've learned that my hair grows completely at random intervals. Some are very close together and some are further apart. It could be that those spaces are due to recently shed hairs. Also, I had issues with flaky scalp for a long time and I've changed the way I wash my hair and it looks really good now. Happy with that

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing other's pictures as I have never really looked so closely at anyone else's hair aside from my mom (whose hair is wavier but otherwise grows just like mine) and my daughter (who still has toddler hair)..

So post your own close ups and tell us what you've learned about your own hair density and growth patterns around your head.

ETA:

This makes a lot more sense with a size reference in millimeters.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40379&d=1582564674

[jane_marie]

Oh neat! I guess it's time for me to go get a macro clip on for the phone. I have been meaning to so I can photograph insect anyway. :)

Its really interesting how you have multiple hairs coming from a single follicle in some places.

[GoddesJourney]

Of curiosity, I took a close up of my eyebrows and eyelashes and they look exactly like my hair and grow in the same mildly clumpy pattern (with surprising eyelash strays I never would have expected). This is interesting to me because I feel most people's eyebrows seem markedly distinct from their other hair.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40378&d=1582562975

This view makes me glad I don't use a magnifying mirror. Haha.

[Shepherdess]

Ohh!! Very interesting thread idea!! Thanks for sharing!! I look forward to seeing what everyone shares!! :)

It is hard for me to get good pictures since I don't have the best camera on my phone, so apologies ahead of time!!

This is the top of my head:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40384&d=1582578674

The side of my head:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40387&d=1582579583

And this is the back of my head. I think that the density of my hair is a lot thicker at the back of my head, especially with a lot of baby fine hairs, so it is hard to part it.
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40386&d=1582579162

[lapushka]

Boy you guys have good cameras! :D

[pisinoe]

Interesting! I thought my hair was thinning out but I guess I still have tons of it

https://i.imgur.com/To8Vidh_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

https://i.imgur.com/V6n5oZw_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[GoddesJourney]

Here is my daughter's 1b/F/M/i hair. Not sure why it looks ashy grey because it's a medium brown. :shrug:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40395&d=1582642044

pisinoe, I see no signs of thinning whatsoever.

I love how good all of this high quality LHC hair looks even up close.

[Milady_DeWinter]

Just unbunned and took a quick pic for the thread :) Hope it's useful.

https://i.imgur.com/1ecUWqy.jpg

[GoddesJourney]

Haha. You know you're an LHC-er when unbunning your hair for someone is a sweet thing to do. :blossom::beercheer:

[Milady_DeWinter]

Haha. You know you're an LHC-er when unbunning your hair for someone is a sweet thing to do. :blossom::beercheer:

Lol that is totally true :lol:

[AutobotsAttack]

Rarely can I see my scalp lol
https://i.imgflip.com/3qbaus.jpg

[Suortuva]

I hope this thread wasn't just for thick hair...?

Here's s picture of my 6 cm circumference hair, so the lower end of ii (I had a big shed this autumn, lost 1,5 cm of my circumference, no-one knows why, no new growth yet...).

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40419&d=1582712413

[Stray_mind]

I hope this thread wasn't just for thick hair...?

Here's s picture of my 6 cm circumference hair, so the lower end of ii (I had a big shed this autumn, lost 1,5 cm of my circumference, no-one knows why, no new growth yet...).

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40419&d=1582712413

It still looks very dense. Seems like you have lots of hair, but it compresses a lot in updos. :)

Here is mine at 7 cm circumference:

https://i.imgur.com/VBrYapC.jpg

[GoddesJourney]

Rarely can I see my scalp lol
https://i.imgflip.com/3qbaus.jpg

I can see how that would be a pain to wash your scalp on wash days. I had a friend in elementary school with hair much like yours which she kept in waist to hip length braids. She said it was just easier to deal with and wash when it was in sections like that and her mom would just rebraid it for her once a week. What a sight that must have been to see her hair free of those braids!

[Ylva]

Here's mine with a post-shed ponytail circumference of 3.15". Quite sparse (or just normal?) but many follicles seem to be sprouting two hairs.

https://i.ibb.co/mcfVVZk/thickness.jpg

ETA: Do my strands look like F or F/M to you?

[MusicalSpoons]

Great thread! I took some pics but realised despite fine-toothed combing and then washing last night, there are still lots of little flakes from a recently unhappy scalp so you don't want to see the pics :oops: I'll try again when my scalp is happier!

Ylva I don't know - my own hairs look medium to me but they are right on the cusp of F/M at 16 to a mm. It will be interesting to see more pictures for a better gauge of how different types look :)

[jane_marie]

Great thread! I took some pics but realised despite fine-toothed combing and then washing last night, there are still lots of little flakes from a recently unhappy scalp so you don't want to see the pics :oops: I'll try again when my scalp is happier!

I also tried a photo but found my scalp looks a bit less than lovely. :whistle:

[desisparkles]

A smidge under 4 inches but it does compact like a mofo.

https://i.imgur.com/39zdxk2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/26rfrOR.jpg

[leayellena]

Here's mine with a post-shed ponytail circumference of 3.15". Quite sparse (or just normal?) but many follicles seem to be sprouting two hairs.

https://i.ibb.co/mcfVVZk/thickness.jpg

ETA: Do my strands look like F or F/M to you?

my hair was that thin when I joined LHC. scratching my scalp like a maniac because "it's so greasy" (mom's saying) made my thickness to barely 6 cm pony circ. my hair is now much thicker, but I'll take some photos on freshly washed hair.
you definitely have f and m strands.
PS: I don't know why 2 strands grow from the same folicle. I have this phenomenon mostly on my legs *cough*. I don't know if I have the same problem on my scalp though.

[Suortuva]

It still looks very dense. Seems like you have lots of hair, but it compresses a lot in updos. :)


Yes, it isn't that bad, I was afraid it would look worse. Sometimes I see so much scalp in my other hair pictures, but I have always had that problem.

And yes, my hair compress s lot, into total nothingness...
By the way, when I saw your hair picture, I though it was my hair too... I took several pics and some of them was very similar and I was just, what, did I post them too...

[Ylva]

my hair was that thin when I joined LHC. scratching my scalp like a maniac because "it's so greasy" (mom's saying) made my thickness to barely 6 cm pony circ. my hair is now much thicker, but I'll take some photos on freshly washed hair.
you definitely have f and m strands.
PS: I don't know why 2 strands grow from the same folicle. I have this phenomenon mostly on my legs *cough*. I don't know if I have the same problem on my scalp though.

I don't think my hair is particularly thin so not sure where that comment is coming from. :confused: And it's completely normal that two hairs grow from the same follicle. It is not a problem of any kind.

[Suortuva]

I have those magic follicles in the wrong body parts... Why can't I have them in my scalp, too?

[Bri-Chan]

Here's mine. I have baby fine hair with 3 inches (7.5 cm) of ponytail circumference
https://i.imgur.com/DGwJAS1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BP2zWoVr.jpg

[lapushka]

Here's mine with a post-shed ponytail circumference of 3.15". Quite sparse (or just normal?) but many follicles seem to be sprouting two hairs.

https://i.ibb.co/mcfVVZk/thickness.jpg

ETA: Do my strands look like F or F/M to you?

They look on the normal side to me, Ylva, as far as you can "see" this from a picture!

[Ylva]

They look on the normal side to me, Ylva, as far as you can "see" this from a picture!

What are you referring to, normal? :) The strands being M? Or a normal amount of follicles?

[Stray_mind]

Yes, it isn't that bad, I was afraid it would look worse. Sometimes I see so much scalp in my other hair pictures, but I have always had that problem.

And yes, my hair compress s lot, into total nothingness...
By the way, when I saw your hair picture, I though it was my hair too... I took several pics and some of them was very similar and I was just, what, did I post them too...

Haha. Your hair is a bit darker though, no?

[chantecler]

I love this thread! Ylva from what I can see these strands look pretty M, but it's hard to tell without comparison I find.

I'd contribute my own scalp, but it's full of eczema right now and no one wants to see that up close :mad:

[lapushka]

What are you referring to, normal? :) The strands being M? Or a normal amount of follicles?

I was referring to the thickness of 1 strand. Follicles? No clue. :lol:

[Ylva]

I love this thread! Ylva from what I can see these strands look pretty M, but it's hard to tell without comparison I find.

Thanks! :)


I was referring to the thickness of 1 strand. Follicles? No clue. :lol:

Alright, thanks!

To me, they look quite similar to a lot of other scalps in this thread at least. :)

I guess I could change it to F/M at least but sometime later I'll also take pics from elsewhere on my scalp, that was the part.

[Suortuva]

Haha. Your hair is a bit darker though, no?

Is it? I'm not sure. I'm gonna try to take some pictures of my natural colour when it's time for my 2 years dye free anniversary in the end of April.

[leayellena]

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40466&d=1583133907
here's mine. flat top, f/m hair, 8.50 cm pony circ. (3.34 inch), natural parting. my hair compresses into nothing and it still feels so light especially for the first 24h after washing. now I see why hairdressers told me to keep it short, but I don't like my hair to look like a wig for having too much volume on top.

[GoddesJourney]

It's amazing how there isn't really a huge difference from appearance alone between the density of someone with ii hair vs iii hair...and yet it can result in another inch or two in ponytail circumference.

I bet if we had two heads of straight hair of the same strand thickness, the ii head and the iii head wouldn't look too different close to the scalp.

This is a fun thread. It's interesting how some people have hair follicles growing at random (like mine) while others seem to have neatly planted, evenly spaced follicles.

[cjk]

https://i.imgur.com/p1nP10s.jpg

So thin compared to what I used to have, this is the crown of my head.

By any objective standard it's not bad but it's very thin compared to what I had before that damned Prednisone.

[Solgave]

Im not sure what these photos tells me. But it is nice to join this thread :)
https://i.imgur.com/EtqmYFi.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/ONDXbeO.jpg?1

[GoddesJourney]

https://i.imgur.com/p1nP10s.jpg

So thin compared to what I used to have, this is the crown of my head.

By any objective standard it's not bad but it's very thin compared to what I had before that damned Prednisone.

Oh yeah. That stuff gives you mood swings, too. Sorry you have to take it.

[AutobotsAttack]

Yeah it can get out of hand VERY quickly if it’s not separated to some degree. Single buns don’t do much in terms of tangles and matting, so I too usually opt for 4-5 braids or twists.

But it’s just the nature of type 4 hair. Can’t be mad though. I could have no hair at all lol.

[captainjanuary]

It's amazing how there isn't really a huge difference from appearance alone between the density of someone with ii hair vs iii hair...and yet it can result in another inch or two in ponytail circumference.


I would also guess that hair distribution plays a major part. The top and back of my head is regularly packed with hair follicles, but the sides in front of my ears produce a very sparse amount of hair (I see this more often with blondes). I've noticed that women with very thick hair tend to have individually thicker strands, but also hair that seems more uniformly dense.

[Bri-Chan]

Agree! My hair has a very low density in the ears area

[jane_marie]

Here's mine. Sorry my bangs didn't want to be parted but I tried. :shrug:

https://i.imgur.com/bH2kAz4.jpg?1

[Bat]

I think I'm going bald or something at the front here, due to me killing it for 21 years https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/673791838578147331/705324419328901180/IMG20200430174356.jpg. Yet here looks ok https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/673791838578147331/705324419890806835/IMG20200430174250.jpg

[Bat]

Sorry for the massive photos, I'm in bed too lazy to get up

[Bat]

Anand photos didn't work D: will post again later