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kermit911 | 15:32 Mon 24th Apr 2006 | Science
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Why does hair on your legs and arms seem like it grows to a certain length then stops but hair on your head grows non stop?
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I'm no expert, but it could be to do with friction - hair on arms and legs have friction of cloting - and few people have hairy kneecaps or elbows, which are the places which experience most friction. Just an idea.
16:57 Mon 24th Apr 2006
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Humans have evolved to grow hair of different lengths on different parts of the body. Each hair will eventually stop growing, and a new hair will start up on the site of the old one. The old one then falls out. With head hair, it can reach over three feet long before this happens. See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_044a.html
17:15 Mon 24th Apr 2006

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