My roommate and I have pretty different types of hair: mine is long and straight while hers is short and curly. I was interested in seeing what they looked like up close and if we would be able to see any huge differences using the foldscope. I mounted my hair on one end of the slide and hers on the other end, placing a coverslip over both samples.


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 My hair looked as expected with very little texture.


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 My roommate’s hair on the otherhand looked pretty cool! If you zoom into the pictures, you can see little knobs/indents that give her hair its texture. If we had lighter hair colors (we both have black hair), I’m sure we would be able to see the strands a little better and spot more differences.

Comparison of Human Hair

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