Vellus hair grows all over the body. It is the fine, light hair that covers the skin.
Vellus Hair
Adults of two kinds of hair: vellus and terminal. Vellus hair is short, fine, soft, and nonpigmented. Terminal hair is coarser, longer, thicker, and usually pigmented.
Vellus Hair
The scientific name for human body hair is "vellus hair" or "terminal hair", depending on the type and location of the hair on the body. Vellus hair is fine, short, and light-colored, while terminal hair is coarser, longer, and darker.
eyebrow hair others describe hair quality.
The hair on your arms is called vellus hair:Vellus hair is the fine, non-pigmented hair (peach fuzz) that covers the body of children and adults. The growth of vellus hair is not affected by hormones, whereas the growth ofterminal hair is affected by hormones.Terminal hairs are the thick pigmented hairs found on the scalp, beard, armpits, and pubic area.
The two types are ~ Vellus which is the soft hair that covers most of the body, and the Terminal which is the coarser hair on the head, eyes, pubic and axillary regions.
he growth of vellus hair and the secretion of sebum from vellus hair follicles were measured on the forehead, cheek, chest, shoulder and back of healthy men and women aged 15-30 years. Hair growth was assessed by computerized image-analysis of photographs and sebum excretion by the use of Sebutape followed by image analysis. The density of vellus hairs and the percentage of growing hairs were higher on the face than on the thorax (439 hairs/cm2 with 49% growing hairs on the forehead compared with 85 hairs/cm2 with 31.5% growing hairs on the back). The rate of growth ranged from 0.03 mm/day on the forehead to 0.13 mm/day on the back. The maximum length of vellus hair significantly decreased with age; otherwise hair growth was not affected by age or sex. Some variations in hair growth and sebum secretion were observed over a period of 3 months, but no consistent rhythms were detected. There was no obvious link between vellus hair growth and sebum excretion.
Simple, one Is Vellus and the other is Terminal.
It's called vellus hair (blonde "peach fuzz") turning Into terminal hair. The vellus hair will first grow longer and will then start to turn dark brown hair and if he shaves the blonde hair, he lose it forever and dark brown hair will start to grow in those areas, if he doesn't shave, some of those hairs could remain partially blonde forever. Genetics has a big role in this
Vellus hair is fine peach fuzz found all over the body that is unpigmented, and does not stand up on its end (ie. goosebumps), whereas terminal hairs are thick, coarse and heavily pigmented. Terminals hairs have the capacity to stand up (goosebumps) and also contain sebaceous glands.