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The Science of Hair

How hair actually works — the follicle it grows from, the keratin it's built of, the melanocytes and melanin that give it colour, and the difference between fine vellus hair and thicker terminal hair.

Hair

Hair

Human hair color

Human hair color

Melanocyte

Melanocyte

Tyrosinase

Tyrosinase

Keratin

Keratin

Trichoscopy

Trichoscopy

Scalp

Scalp

Cuticle (hair)

Cuticle (hair)

Terminal hair

Terminal hair

Vellus hair

Vellus hair