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Comprehending the hair growth process will be very useful when dealing with the problem of elimination of unacceptable body hair.
Take a moment to educate yourself on the 4 primary parts of the arrangement so your efforts to deal with hair removal will be better controlled.
The development process is known as the pilosebaceous system.
The 4 main components are:
1. Follicle - the hair canal
2. Papilla - the instrument that feeds growth
3. Sebaceous Gland - the related oil gland
4. Hair - shaft or structure that has toughened (keratinized)
Follicle
The first part of the process, the hair follicle, is an indention in the skin.
The inside of each follicle therefore is a lot like the skin's covering being an inward crinkle into the skin with a mechanism for producing hair.
The subjacent portion of the follicle has an outspread shape and is called the follicle bulb where there is an area of energetically splitting cells called the hair matrix.
This is the source of hair production. The follicle and the hair it manufactures continue with recurring alternations of development and inactivity.
Papilla
At the foundation of the follicle is to be found the second part of the hair growth process, a little bulb like structure made of skin-related cells called the dermal papilla that nourishes the freshly shaped hair cells from its blood supply.
These recently shaped hair cells grow constantly and die constantly, on every side of the center of the hair follicle, creating a hardened or keratinized framework - the hair shaft.
The shaft continues to grow outward from the follicle base till it becomes seen.
Sebaceous Gland
The sebaceous glands or oil glands make up the 3rd part of the hair development arrangement and they are located close below the surface of the skin over the whole body.
There are a large number concentrated within the facial area. The oily material secreted is named sebum.
Sebum lubricates the hair shaft and therefore the skin and furnishes some protection against germs.
Hair
The fourth part of the arrangement, the papillary region, is often referred to as the "hair root," the portion which grows beneath the surface of the skin which is enclosed within the follicle canal.
The shaft is the section of the hair that develops on top of the skin exterior.
2 Types
Mostly, two varieties of hair are made by the follicle:
1) vellus
2) terminal
Vellus is like "peach fuzz" and it is as a rule found on a woman's cheek or a young child. It is soft, fuzzy and colorless. The follicles producing vellus hair are not deep, and also the hair shaft created is relatively short. Vellus hair is normal in women and is not treated with permanent removal methods like electrolysis.
Terminal is deeply rooted, coarse, and colored. Terminal hair begins as the peach fuzz type but later develops color and some degree of coarseness at which point it becomes the terminal kind.
Terminal hair grows from the scalp, eyebrows, underarms, genital region, and other parts of the body.
It's terminal hair that many people regard as unseemly and thus try to get rid of it from certain body areas.
An Personal Concern
As every personal differs as to hair texture, rate of growth, skin sensitivity, etc. it follows that a removal method that works well for one may not work for another.
Trial and error is required to find the elimination technique that works best with your hair development system. |
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