Adults have two types of hair, vellus and terminal. Vellus hair is soft, fine, colourless and usually short. In children and most women, vellus hairs grow on the face, chest and back and the skin ...

Umbilicated and nonumbilicated papules were present on the presternal area of a patient with eruptive vellus hair cysts. Histopathological examination of umbilicated papules showed penetration of ...

This type of hair typically lacks pigmentation and usually sheds a few weeks after birth. Vellus hair is generally short, soft, and lightly pigmented. These hairs can be found throughout the body ...

Hair is shed as club hair. Terminal hair Thicker, more mature pigmented hair. Vellus hair Lighter pigmented, fine hair that may be present on the forehead and face. Whorl A pattern of hair growth ...

Eiron claims that patients in the group receiving a solution of 5% saw a six-fold increase in non-vellus hair count compared to the placebo group at the end of the fifth week of the study.