Rattle wrote:
] jessica wrote:
] ] I wonder if this is related to the study I read about
] recently
] ] that said red-haired women are harder to anesthesize than
] ] others. It's true, too.. I've been told by doctors that I
] ] fight certain types of anesthesia. I'm glad to see that
] ] red-haired women are getting some press.
]
] Interesting side note.. Someone was telling me recently that
] the only difference between people with brown hair and people
] with red hair, is not the color of the hair, but the width of
] the hair.. Red hair is slightly thinner, which causes it to
] appear red, and not brown.

Sorry, I do not agree. Some of my hairs are ridiculously thick, and still very red. And I have some hairs which are light brown, and very thin. It's got to be pigmentation.
The real question is: as I've gotten older, why is my hair getting more brown? It used to be carrot orange. Now it's still red, but getting browner. I'd like to see that study.

RE: Red-hair gene “suppresses pain in women”