Call your doctor if your baby: 1  Is under 3 months old and has a temperature over 100.4 F. 2  Is over 3 months old and has a fever over 102 F. 3  Has a fever that lasts longer than 24 hours.  Has diarrhea, vomiting, or a rash with the 1  fever. Is very sleepy or looks sick.  Can't be soothed.
There is two main pigments found in human hair: Eumelanin has an oval or elliptical shape, which gives color to brown or black hair and is dark pigment. The higher the concentration of Eumelanin the darker the hair. Pheomelanin is what produces the color in blonde or red hair.
The cortex makes up the majority of the hair shaft. The cuticle is a tightly formed structure made of shingle-like overlapping scales. It is both the cortex and the medulla that holds the hair's pigment, giving it its color. Hair Growth Cycle. Hair on the scalp grows about .3 to .4 mm/day or about 6 inches per year.