Why can’t we feel our hair growing?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Heads up! Your hair is always growing. Like your fingernails, hair is a part of our body that will grow and grow unless you cut it. But how come we don’t feel it growing? We asked pediatrician Dr Wendy Hunter to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, do you have a young adult in your life who's looking to beef up their financial know-how?
0:05.9	Then check out the new season of Financially Inclined hosted by Janelli Espinal.
0:11.1	This season, the show is tackling topics like how to align your values with your money decisions,
0:16.0	the skill of negotiating, and what you can get out of internships.
0:20.6	Financially Inclined is presented in partnership
0:22.6	with Greenlight, the debit card and money app for teens. Greenlight helps teens learn to earn,
0:28.2	save, spend wisely, and invest. Tune in to financially inclined wherever you find your podcasts.
0:34.9	From the brains behind brains on, this is Moment of Um.
0:39.7	Answering those questions that make you go, um, um, Moment of Um comes to you from A moment of Um. Moment of Um comes um, um, comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Sand and Totten.
1:02.0	Um.
1:04.4	Oh, it's worse than I thought. Oh, geez. This is horrible. A travesty. The crime of the century.
1:12.9	Oh, I'm so glad this is a podcast because I wouldn't want you to see me like this.
1:17.8	You see, being sandin isn't always easy.
1:20.2	Yeah, I'm known for my lovable schemes, my can-do spirit, and most importantly, my boy band
1:26.5	worthy picture-perfect hair, and dear listener, brace yourself.
1:30.9	I got a haircut today, and the top is half an inch too short.
1:37.4	I know, I know, we're all very upset.
1:40.8	It completely destroys the normal ratio of side length to top length.
1:45.1	The only consoling fact I can think of is that hair grows about an eighth of an inch a week,
1:50.1	so this should be fixed with patience.
1:52.6	But I keep checking the mirror to see if my hair has grown, and I can't tell if it's growing at all.
1:58.0	I feel nothing.
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