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Scientific Journals On Hair Follicle

A follicle may be a part of the skin, which grows a hair by packing old cells together. Attached inside the highest of the follicle are sebaceous glands, which are tiny sebum-producing glands in most skin except on the palms, lips and soles of the feet. The thicker the hair, the more the number of sebaceous glands there are. Also attached to the follicle may be a tiny bundle of muscle cell, called the arrectorpili, which is liable for causing the follicle lissis to become more upright the surface of the skin. The muscle area also can cause the follicle to stay up slightly above the nearby skin (piloerection) with a pore incased with skin oil. This process leads to goose bumps (or goose flesh). Stem cells are at the junction of the arrector and therefore the follicle, and are principally liable for the continued hair production during a process referred to as the Anagen stage. The average rate of growth of healthy hair follicles on the scalp is almost 0.5 inches (13 mm) per month.At the bottom of the follicle may be a structure that's called the papilla.The papilla is formed up mainly of animal tissue and a capillary loop. Cell division within the papilla is either rare or non-existent.    

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