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Why do the hairs on your skin stand on end when you feel excited?
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Why can you feel it when someone is touching your hair?
Your hairs have nerves attached to the roots inside your skin.
Why do we get goosebumps on our skin when we get scared?
Adrenaline stimulates tiny muscles to pull the roots of our hairs, thereby making them stand up on our skin.
What does it mean when the hairs on your arm stand up?
it means that ur cold and ur skin is trying to make u warmer
How do i get the hairs of the caterpillars out of your skin?
well how did you get caterpillar hairs in you in the first place... and how can you see them
Does a buffalo have hairs on its skin?
yes...................................
Why are there hairs on your skin?
It is due to the over-activation of some Hormone.This Hormore is only for Men but sometimes it activated in women so hairs comes on their skin.
How does the sun cause damage to the skin?
it can cause cancer and early aging also can cause skin to feel leathery and to wrinkle. If you stand long enough under the sun you will have sunburn on your skin. But if you stand for even more longer you may get skin cancer which was caused by the Ultraviolet from the Sun.
What is the name for small hairs over the skin?
fuz
What can cause bumps in your pubic area that bleed when popped?
probably ingrown hairs. If the hairs are cut short (below the skin) they can grow under the skin and become infected.
Why does water stick to skin?
You have hairs all over your body that hold the water on your skin.
Does hair stand in fear?
Some hairs do stand up from fear. An example is the 'hackles' that stand the hair erect on the back of dogs and other animals when they are ready to fight. When the skin tightens during an adrenalin rush, the hair appears to stand up at the roots, but this is hardly noticeable with the soft hair of most humans.
Where do you get goose bummps?
You get goose bumps on your skin. Each one of your hairs has a very small muscle (arrector pili) attached to it.When this muscle contracts, it causes the hair to stand upwards pushing some of the skin into a tiny hill. What you will see is a goose bump. You don't notice that the hairs are also up. But the same thing occurs in other animals and they appear larger.
