Terminal Hair
Description
Terminal Hairs are large, darkly pigments, and medullated Hairs. The Hair on the Scalp is ideally Terminal Hair (as opposed to Vellus Hair). Ninety percent of the Hair on the chest, trunk, shoulders, legs and arms of men are Terminal Hairs, whereas only 4,500 of the Hairs in the same regions on women are Terminal Hairs. [1]
These Ailments may Interfere with Terminal Hair
Hair
The processes that underly Hair Loss (including Male Pattern Baldness) may cause Hair Follicles to produce Vellus Hair rather than Terminal Hair. [2]
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