THE SCIENCE OF HAIR :: HAIR PHASES

Hair phases

Hello my kinkies, this is Imelda!!! lets dive into a little science here after all biology is life!therefore bio majors rule.

There are four phases black hair goes through. they are the Anagen phase.(anaphase)

Catagen phase. (cataphase)

Telogen phase. (telophase)

Exogen phase. (exophase)

               Anaphase: hair grows from the follicle which is under the skin the strand of hair gets blood and oxygen from the scalp, this allows it to grow because it is being nourished. this phase takes anywhere from 3 to 8 years on average hair leaves the anaphase after the 7th year mark for purely black girls. this determines the length of your hair.

    

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in the bottom of the chart in red and blue, are the blood vessels nourishing the hair strand. showing the hair is in its anagen phase.



cataphase: this is the phase where the hair follicle shrinks and detaches it self from the the vessels this signifies the end of the growth. it doesn't take much time usually last about ten days.

source:google

in the diagram we can see how the bulb like end of the hair has slowly risen up and detached it self from the blood vessels.

Telophase: also known as the resting stage (when hair is subjected to extreme stress no matter how long you have been on your natural hair journey, hair can prematurely go into the telogen phase).  in this stage hair can be described as fully dead, the will be no more growth from the strand of hair in its telophase. while hair is in this stage new hair begins to grow underneath. this phase takes about three months.

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the hair strand is completely detached from the vessels.

Exogen: which i like to call the exit stage. that is when hair in the telogen phase is shed.as i said earlier hair replacement has already began.

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so these are the stages our hair goes through. hope this wasn't too boring for you... till we meet again my kinkies. ciao.