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Article: What to do about bad hair days. (hair care advice)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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Have you ever noticed that when your hair looks good, you feel better? When you like how your hair looks, you have more confidence, you feel happier, and your whole outlook improves. If healthy hair can do all that, why ever again have a bad hair day?
The Long and the Short of Hair
The main component of hair is a tough protein called keratin, which is produced by cells at the root of a hair. Each hair fiber is made up of three layers. The outer layer, the part you see, is called the cuticle. The cuticle is a tough layer of transparent overlapping cells that protect the hair like shingles on a roof. When your hair is healthy, these cells lie flat and snug so ...