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Does hair color make a difference to the amount of hair follicles on the head?
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Yes. On the average there are over one hundred thousand strands of hair on a young adult. Blondes average about 140,000 strands, brunettes average 108,000 and redheads average 90,000.
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What small organs in the dermis would produce hair?
Hair follicles.
What type of cells form hair?
Err... Hair cells on inside, hair follicles on the outside.
On a human body hair grows out of pits in the skin What are these pits called?
hair follicles
Do people have hair in their anus?
This should not be the case unless there are hair follicles that re embedded there
Hairs are produced within organ called?
hair follicles
Who made your hair?
My hair was made by me. Our skin contains follicles beneath the tissue which cause hair to grow. The color comes from pigment. There are literally millions of follicles on our bodies with a concentrated amount on the head.
What color hair has the most hair follicles?
Blonde
Why do some people have different colored hair?
Hair color is determined by the amount of melanin in your hair follicles. The more of it you have, the darker your hair will be. It is usually related to skin color as well but not always. The amount of melanin can also very over time, making a persons hair change.
How do you have blond hair?
Well, your hair follicles (where your hair grows out) has a certain pigmentation, or color!
What is the difference between thin and thick hair?
The difference between thin and thick hair is that thin hair grows from small hair follicles while thick hair grows from larger hair follicles. You can also tell the difference between the two by examining how visible a single strand of hair is. If you can barely see it, you have thin hair.
Why do we have hair color?
Hair color is caused by the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and phaeomelanin.If more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change or become gray because of loss of pigmentation.It is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color.
Why do we have color?
Hair color is caused by the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and phaeomelanin.If more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change or become gray because of loss of pigmentation.It is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color.
How do you get rid of the density of leg hair?
our bodies have a set amount of hair follicles(what the hair grows from) so unless the follicle is dead the same amount of hair keeps coming back.
How old do you have to be to get grey hair?
Really no way of telling, it depends on when your hair follicles(where the hair grows) stops producing pigments. The hair's "real" color is actually whiteish, but usually the body mixes in a bit of pigment (coloured particles) to give it its color. When the amount of pigments drop, the hair turns grayish, and when all pigmentation is gone, whiteish.
Why do peoplehave different color of hair?
"Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color." this is a quote from Wikipedia if you want to learn more you can find the rest here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_hair_color .
What is the difference between sebaceous glands and sebaceous follicles?
Sebaceous glands are part of the pilosebaceous unit and so are found wherever hair follicles are located where Sebaceous filaments are buildups of skin debris, bacteria, and sebum around hair follicles. They usually appear white, yellow, or gray in color, and look like tiny plugs. I also don't have any know how about this. I get this info by visiting website Smarthealthkick.
Does the hypodermis give rise to hair follicles?
No, the dermis gives rise to hair follicles.
