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- At the base of the hair follicle are sensory nerve fibers that wrap around each hair bulb. Bending the hair stimulates the nerve endings allowing a person ...
- Each hair sits in a cavity in the skin called a follicle. Over time the follicle can shrink causing the hair to become shorter and finer. Ordinarily, the hair ...
- ... by deficiency of vitamin C. Pinpoint bleeding around hair follicles, and "corkscrew hairs" as seen in this picture, can occur as ...
- Hair color is caused by a pigment (melanin) that is produced by the hair follicle. With aging, the follicle produces less melanin.
- Aged hair follicles are no longer as prepared for new hair growth.
- ... called a follicle. The follicle also contains a hair and an oil gland (sebaceous gland). The oil ...
- ... sack, attached to the shaft of a human hair. Image courtesy of D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, ...
- ... or tiny white egg sacks attached to the hairs. Schools often insist that these be entirely removed ...
- "Corkscrew hairs" in hyperkeratotic follicles are pathognomonic of scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency. Petechiae and subungual hemorrhage may also ...
- Female Pattern Alopecia (VisualDX)... alopecia), or androgenetic alopecia, is a form of hair loss that affects women. It is most commonly ...