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Hair follicle, know your hair (Children & Teenager Hair Loss)

posted by JamesBrian, 26.09.2007, 04:39

Hi all. I am a dermatologist and with this posting I would like to take readers inside the hair, one of the most important parts of the human body so far as the looks are concerned.

The most noticeable part of human hair is the hair on the head, which can grow longer than on most mammals and is denser than most hair found elsewhere on the body. The average human head has about 100,000 hair follicles.

The hair follicle is a stocking-like structure that consists of several layers with different jobs. At the base of the follicle has a projection. This projection is termed papilla and it has capillaries, or tiny blood vessels, that feed the cells.

The living part is the bottom part of the stocking surrounding the papilla termed the bulb. This bottom part is the only one fed by the capillaries. The cells in the bulb divide every 23 to 72 hours, faster than any other cells in the body.
So guys take very good care of your hair and don’t ignore the problems, if any with them.


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• Hair follicle, know your hair - JamesBrian, 26.09.2007, 04:39
  • Hair follicle, know your hair - JamesBrian, 28.09.2007, 02:33
    • Hair follicle, know your hair - Sadie, 28.09.2007, 08:10
    • Hair follicle, know your hair - Sadie, 28.09.2007, 08:14