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Article: How to Have a Good Hair Day.... Every Day.
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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Here are some surefire ways to keep your hair healthy and looking good.
Riddle: What is technically dead but grows about three-fourths of an inch a month?
Hint: Americans spend many hours and millions of dollars combing, cutting, and conditioning this substance.
Answer: Hair, of course.
Looking good is important. To avoid bad hair days and keep your locks looking spectacular, you need a better understanding of your hair.
The Secret Is in the Cuticle
Although the shafts of hair you see are dead protein, there is plenty of life at and below the surface of our scalps. Each strand of hair you see grows out of a follicle, ...