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The hair follicle is an organ under the skin which is responsible for growing a single hair. Thousands of them are present throughout the skin.
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What is a folicle?
A folicle is the base of a hair strand.
What is a small sac at the root of any strand of hair?
The Hair Folicle is the bulby part. The bottom of that is the hair root ( Literally the bottom of the Folicle ). The Hair Folicle is the bulby part. The bottom of that is the hair root ( Literally the bottom of the Folicle ).
Is hair produced by the hair folicle?
The follicle is the hair.
What part of hair is the site of hair growth?
hair folicle
Why do peoples hair get white or gry?
Hair has color when you are first born. Of course because you are just beginning to use the melanin,the thing that gives your hair it's color. Each hair has a different folicle that they grow in under the skin. Each folicle has it's own amount of melanin. When you get older, that folicle has less melanin and can't make enough to give your hair it's color. That's when your hair turns white or gray, when the hair folicle loses all or most of it's melanin.
Can you strip your hair to pass a drug test?
No, they test the folicle.
Does helmerich and payne hair folicle drug test?
yes
What structure houses a hair?
The structure that houses a hair is called a hair folicle. It can be damaged and cause ingrown hairs.
Why does cutting of hair do not pain?
Because as our hair grows out from the folicle each strand becomes dead hair. There is no pain involved in cutting our hair.
What causes people to have straight wavy or loser curls of hair?
the size of your hair folicle --- sometimes off herdity too...
How can you get marijuana out of your hair folicle?
You need to buy special shampoo made for detoxifying your hair follicles. Your best bet is to find it online.
The difference between hair and hair follicle?
a hair folicle is the root of the hair which is located in the lower part of the dermis. It is also connected to the arrector pili muscle. Hair is better known as the hair shaft and is the part inside of the hair folicle that comes out through the very top layer of skin and only fractionally protects our skin from sunlight
