A hair follicle is a skin organ that produces hair . Hair production occurs in phases, including a growth phase (anagen), and cessation phase (catagen), and a rest phase (telogen). Stem cells are principally responsible for the production of hair.
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Hello, a few days ago I noticed a pink raised bump on my side, the size of a small mosquito bite. At first I thought it was a piece of hair that must have poked into my skin. (I am a hair dresser and sometimes after cutting hair, it will poke like...
Hello i am a 40 year old black male, 6'4' and 220 lbs. I'm pretty healthy and i've had no medical problems. I've been in the miliary for 19 years. Last week i noticed a small hardish bump on the shaft of my penis that feels like little...
I have a hair follicle drug test coming up. I smoked marijuana 5 months ago. Only three hits. Will it show up on my exam? Keep in mind that the hair sample they took was from my chest.
Way to test sensitivity of hair follicles to testosterone 22 beard not appearing
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We all know that some men can't grow a beard. If what I read is correct, this is because they have hair follicles on their face, but the hair follicles...
This is for my Mom who is 60 year old now.
She has developed a small two circles of 15mm of baldness on her head. One month since she noticed it.
She has good hairs and still very little grey hair
She is upset about this. Is this any viral...
I've been diagnosed with Telogen effluviem - I've had shedding hairs for over a year and lost about 50% of it all over. It was thought to be my lowish iron but taking iron has made no difference. My bloods are normal - I'm not menopausal or...
Hi I am 25/m I am an accountant and have been at the top of my class, gotthe best job, top marks on all my exams, but over the last year or so I have lost all confidence, motivation and interest. There was a point I was going to quit and go to...
Could you suggest the best doctor who can treat me for my hair loss? I meant a doctor in Bangalore.
Hi, I am a 44 year old female and I have an itchy scalp but only at the crown of my head with lots of white flakes in the scalp and there is also acute redness
A few years back I had a sebaceous cyst removed along my bra line and the doctor said it can come back or can comeaback close to site! Now I have a cyst on my sternum right beside the one removed! I went to a skin...
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hi my baby is five months old an is having discoloring on her hair line what could this be?
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i am a 24 yr old female,i have been developing severe hair follicle infection around my thighs since a month, the first one being a very severe one on the mid thigh which became very painful as well as large in size within 5 days, doctor prescribed me some strong antibiotics , and eventually the pus was drained, and it was healed in 5 days, but...
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I am 34 years old woman, married 1 year back no children, I went for Ultrasonograpy test and my doctor did Follicle study this month. the report shows as follows. Please tell me is there is a chance of pregnancy . 12th day left overy small follicle , endomet:11mm, 14th day right overy small follicle, left overy small follicle, 17th day right...
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I went to the clinic a few months ago because i thought i had caught something. It turns out the the small bumps on the underside of my penis were from hair follicles from shaving and sweat bumps from wearing compression shorts during training. Can you explain how i can remove these bumps completely?
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One day while shaving i noticed an usually thick hair follicle shaved hair on my chin/ jaw line. I managed to get a grip on the end of it with tweasers and pull it out. It was slightly infected and some blood and puss came out too, at the root of the hair it had gone very hard at the bulb, as hard as a stone , large too about 2mm - and so solid...
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I took 5000iu HCG shot last month it didn t rupture the follicle. This month I am scheduled to take the 0000iu HCG shot on my 12th day of the period. Past three months my follicle over grows an becomes a cyst and washes away. I am currently also taking 20 tablets starting on 20th day of my cycle called Duphaston 10mg. Will the 0000iu HCG shot...
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hi this is dimpi 35 years from bangalore. i never use coloring chemicals except henna thrice a month. I have lots of hair fall whenever i do a hairwash and combing. Every weekend i do hair wash and lots of hair fall everytime. I am scared if i become bald. once i consulted doctor and had medicines follihair and haem up tabs for 6 montths course....
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my age is 25 m female from pakistan 1.there appears a small whit pimpl type thng on my face when i toch it after few days it turns to acne . 2. from last few month my mensilar is not cyclic it comes after 2 months due to which hair growth is increased on my face.
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26 year old male. having hair fall problem since 6 months. I m 26 year old male. Having Hair Fall Problem since 6 months. What Should i do for that ?
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My sons ex wife has been snorting bath salts Can this be detected in a drug test? If so should it be a urine , hair follicle or blood test? How long would she have to be off of it for it to not show up in a drug test?
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