Picture Gallery 2.0 - The Most Beautiful Women Of Our Time

Iraqi’s think of hair as one of Americans' favorite things; In Baghdad, women have started wearing head scarves to cover their hair and as you go out into the countryside you even see women wearing burkas. However, the extremists don’t seem to care about shoes even while girls at colleges wear high heels. ... so they should; how can they not believe this when there other comments elsewhere to support the notion?

• The German poet Goethe warned against the power of hair, "Beware of her fair hair for she exceeds all women in the magic of her locks and when she winds them round a young man's neck he will not ever let him free again."

• From Oprah’s “O” magazine, Every month our beauty department in-box fills up with e-mail from readers struggling with some aspect of their appearance. But none of the mail is as emotionally charged as the letters from women dealing with hair loss.

• John Travolta was recently captured with the lace showing on his hairpiece.

• Most standard wigs and extension hair, sold at beauty supplies and chain stores, is heavily processed for uniformity and consistency. This means having to strip the cuticle and silicone to coat the hair, to give hair a “carefree” appearance.

• Brandi Irwin, model and photographer, spends extensively on her hair. She may have the most expensive hair in New York City. She gets her more than $46,000 locks from stylist Kristina Barricelli and her team at Gemini 14 salon in Manhattan.Brandi’s custom hairdo involves 250,000 strands of hair extensions imported from India and colored in Italy.

• Naomi Campbell: The 40-year-old has revealed signs of a vanishing hairline before, but the true extent of the problem was put on show recently as she held her hair back as a stylist adjusted her clothing.

• Americans spend approximately $3.5 billion on products and services to combat hair loss, sadly, the majority of those products don’t even work.

• It is a myth that hair and nails continue to grow after one’s death.

• I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking - Shania Twain

• Hair brings one's self-image into focus; it is vanity's proving ground.  Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices.  ~Shana Alexander.

• Long, beautiful, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen... I adore hair!  ~James Rado and Gerome Ragni, Hair

• In earlier times, women washed their hair once a month using borax and egg yolk.

• A misconception many people have is that extensions are primarily used by black women. Many women wear extensions to achieve longer lengths, more fullness, and interesting color blends, without the use of harsh chemicals.

• In the hair processing industry, most standard wigs and extension hair, sold at beauty supplies and chain stores, is heavily processed for uniformity and consistency. This means using chemicals to strip the cuticle and silicone to coat the hair, to give hair a “carefree” appearance.

• The ‘Roaring Twenties’ saw the emergence of short, bobbed and waved styles, signifying the new independent, free-spirited, free-woman ethos of the day.  Women increasingly had access to cinema and theater and trends were set by the ‘superstars’ of the time.