1. Vellus hair provides both thermal insulation and cooling for the body.2. Small vellus hair will often replace the hair that is lost. 3. More sweat wets the external part of the vellus strand and then evaporates. 4. Steatocystoma multiplex is often associated with eruptive vellus hair cysts ( EVHCs ). 5. While a skin pore is open, sweat wets a strand of vellus hair. 6. It is replaced by hair covering the same surfaces, which is called vellus hair. 7. The growth cycle of vellus hair is different from the growth cycle of terminal hair. 8. In men, this change in vellus hair occurs on the face and the body. 9. This insulation regulates body temperature : the vellus hair functions like a wick for sweat. 10. Vellus hair is not lanugo hair.
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