Did You Know These Fun Facts About Redheads?

Fun fact today is national red head day so here’s some fun facts about my red headed unicorn

Only 2% of the population have this beautiful majestic hair If you're a redhead with blue eyes, you're a unicorn. Less than a million people have this rarest combination of eye and hair colors. (knew ollie was special 🦄)

Redheads have less hair, with only 90 000 strands compared with an average 110 000 for blondes and 140 000 for brunettes. But don't worry, Each strand of red hair is thicker than strands of any other color.

Redheads on average need about 20% more anaesthetic when they go into the hospital for surgery.

The genetics of red hair for a child to be a redhead, both their parents must have the mutated MC1R gene.

Redheads naturally produce their own vitamin D

There are six main shades: strawberry-blonde, ginger, classic red, deep red, auburn and deep auburn. Which is your favorite??