Poohbear
Fearfully Wonderfully Made
Yeah, that's true that hair strands don't stay perfectly formed as they continue to grow.@Poohbear, the hair along my hairline is wispy too but not just at the ends; the entire strands are just finer than anywhere else. When I look at that baby's hair, I see fine strands but not just at the ends. The strands are fine all along their length. At the base where they attach to the scalp, they look thick coz they are close together but each strand has the same thickness.
Also when you talk about how the hair grows out of the scalp thin and pointy, you forget that the hair doesn't stay perfect like that for long so the so-called lead hairs cannot be at the state they were when they first were born. I can picture in my head how the cuticle can be perfectly formed to create a pointed end that is rounded--just coz the Creator is good at what He does. But nothing living looks the same when it's been around for a while--particularly not hair that's been manipulated for days on end. Even just rubbing with your hand is friction that could start wear, so the pic of a baby or newly growing hair doesn't explain how ends can be wispy while the rest of the strands are whole. Especially not when that person has cut her hair sometime in her lifetime since those strands started growing within the last 2-7 years.
I'll be back with images to further explain my point if I can pull it off.
Shoot, I don't know then... I give up on my explanations! I tried.
Lead hairs are just due to uneven hair growth rates of each strand. Thin hair AND lead hairs can be damaged so it's going to be hard to tell the difference between them. There ya go!
Nonie, please do show some images to explain.