21. Vellus hair grows individually or in small patches of varying, and sometimes irregular, length ( 2 4 cm ).22. Vellus hair is most easily observed on children and adult women, as it generally has less terminal hair to obscure it.23. Women typically have little hair on their faces, apart from eyebrows and the vellus hair that covers most of their bodies. 24. The body has different types of hair, including vellus hair and androgenic hair, each with its own type of cellular construction. 25. In 2002 the company started awarding a second trophy for wool measuring 13.9 microns and under the Vellus Aureum award. 26. Specifically, increased levels of androgens in males promote the transformation of vellus hair to terminal hair in certain parts of the body. 27. Vellus arm hair is usually concentrated on the elbow end of the forearm and often ends on the lower part of the upper arm.28. Given these similarities, some postulate that steatocystoma multiplex and eruptive vellus hair cysts are, in fact, variants of the same disease. 29. During puberty, the increase in androgenic hormone levels causes vellus hair to be replaced with terminal hair in certain parts of the human body. 30. The " Aureum Vellus " was widely read and may have led to the Order's integration into the Society of Freemasons.
