On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Sean Breheny <shb7@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hmmm, I got a surprisingly small number, 46 angstroms per second.

Now I'm curious how many keratin molecules are generated per second to
maintain 46 angstroms of hair growth per second, and how many of those
molecules are generated on the average human's body per second.

There are about 100,000 hairs on the head alone, which means that the
total length of hair growth over all those head hairs is ~0.46mm per
second.

-Adam
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