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What are hair follicles for?


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Hair follicles:

  1. The hair follicle is an organ found in mammalian skin.
  2. It lives in the dermal layer of the skin and is comprised of 20 unique cell types, each with particular capacities.
  3. This perplexing communication incites the hair follicle to create various sorts of hair as seen on various pieces of the body.
  4. For instance, terminal hairs develop on the scalp and lanugo hairs are seen covering the collections of hatchlings in the uterus and in some infant babies.
  5. The course of hair development happens in particular successive stages.

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