Vellus hair is most easily observed on children and adult women, who generally have less terminal hair to obscure it. Vellus hair is not lanugo hair....
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head hair and also from less visible vellus hair, which is much finer and lighter in color. Growth of androgenic hair is related to the level of androgens...
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In humans, terminal hair is a variant of hair that is thick and long such as that growing on the scalp, as compared with vellus hair, colloquially known...
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Eruptive vellus hair cysts (or EVHC) are small lesions that occur most often in the chest wall, abdomen and extremities, often with a crusted surface...
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that determine the length of the hair. The body has different types of hair, including vellus hair and androgenic hair, each with its own type of cellular...
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include the fine vellus hair covering much of the ear, particularly at the prominent parts of the anterior ear, or even the abnormal hair growth as seen...
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Although fine vellus hair is present in the area during childhood, pubic hair is considered to be the heavier, longer, coarser hair that develops during...
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Lanugo (redirect from Downy hair)
replaced by hair covering the same surfaces, which is called vellus hair. This hair is thinner and more difficult to see. The more visible hair that persists...
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thick terminal and fine vellus hair. Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth, hair types, and hair care, but hair is also an important biomaterial...
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little hair on the face, apart from eyebrows and the vellus hair that covers most of the body. However, in some cases, women have noticeable facial hair growth...
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other types of androgenic hair. Although vellus hair is already present in the area in childhood, chest hair is the terminal hair that develops as an effect...
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Hypertrichosis (redirect from Hair growth inhibitor)
transforming from the small vellus type to the larger terminal type. This change normally occurs during adolescence, when vellus hair follicles in the underarms...
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excessive hair growth is due to the conversion of vellus hair (peach fuzz) to terminal hair (thick and dark). This can be compared to terminal hair replacing...
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abdominal region of both males and females is covered with very fine vellus hair. In response to rising levels of androgens (mainly dihydrotestosterone)...
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terminal hair that develops on the human body during and after puberty. It is differentiated from the head hair and less visible vellus hair, which is...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peach Fuzz may refer to: Vellus hair or peach fuzz, fine hair on human children Peach Fuzz (comics), an English-language...
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condition of abnormal hair patterns, predominantly loss or reduction. It occurs, most frequently, by the growth of vellus hair in areas of the body that...
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blade and then use a comedone extractor to press the cyst out. Eruptive vellus hair cyst Sebaceous hyperplasia Seborrheic keratosis "What to Know About Milia"...
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age estimation. Delayed puberty Gonadarche Precocious puberty Pubarche Vellus hair Tanner's stages at Who Named It? Marshall WA, Tanner JM (February 1970)...
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follicles are filled with funnel-shaped, horny plugs that are bundles of vellus hairs.: 768 Trichostasis spinulosa can appear in several ways, such as open...
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back, and females have more vellus hair, which is less visible. The halting of hair development at a juvenile stage, vellus hair, would also be consistent...
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Frontal fibrosing alopecia (category Hair diseases)
clinical variant of lichen planopilaris. There is loss of both terminal and vellus hairs that occurs in a bandlike pattern on the frontotemporal scalp. It is...
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back. Females have more vellus hair, which is thinner, shorter, and lighter, and therefore less visible. Although males grow hair faster than females, baldness...
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central punctum can be identified and they may contain one or more hairs (eruptive vellus hair cysts). They may become inflamed and heal with scarring, like...
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Follicular unit transplantation (category Hair transplantation)
sebaceous (oil) glands, nerves, a small muscle, and occasional fine vellus hairs. In follicular unit transplantation, these small units allow the surgeon...
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Exfoliation (cosmetology) (section Hair removal)
texture and tightness of the skin. A common misconception is that the vellus hair (known as peach fuzz) that is removed via dermaplaning will grow back...
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Pubarche (category Pubic hair)
years). It further describes that pubarche's physical manifestation is vellus hair over the labia or the base of the penis. See Table 1 for the entirety...
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Feminizing hormone therapy (section Hair)
terminal ("normal") hairs to tiny, blonde vellus hairs. Arm, perianal, and perineal hair is reduced but may not turn to vellus hair on the latter two regions...
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nevoid cells 87.5% sensitive and 100% specific Eruptive vellus hair cysts Abundant vellus hairs Malignant tumoral lesions Cellular atypia including mitosis...
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proteins. While humans have a density of hair follicles comparable to other apes, it is predominantly vellus hair, most of which is so short and wispy as...
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