What color is a hair follicle supposed to be? Is it white for gray/while color hair and black for bl

brown for brown, etc? How long does a hair follicle live once it is no longer attached to the scalp? Thanks.

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Nancy

What color is a hair follicle supposed to be? Is it white for gray/while color hair and black for black hair?

hair follicles are part of your skin the grow hair by compacting dead cells together to create length in your hair. The outside of the hair follicle is covered in cuticle, exactly like the base of your fingernail. Cuticle is clear, techinically. So if your hair follicle is covered in a thin layer of cuticle you will probably see the strand of hair forming below, which would make the follicle appear to be x color (to match your hair). However, as many girls know, cuticle tends to build up around your nail base. Well, cuticle also usually builds up around your hair follicle making it appear to be white.

I would say that the hair follicle cannot work without being attatched to your skin. So I would imagine it would die rather quickly upone removal from your scalp. Because the follicle is dependant on dead cells from your body to produce hair growth and without those available cells it can't work.

What color is a hair follicle supposed to be? Is it white for gray/while color hair and black for black hair?

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White or grey with black tip at the end,

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