Hair
Origin
A
developing fetus has all of it's hair follicles formed by
week 22. At this time there are 5 million follicles on the
body. One million of those are on the head, and 100,000 are
on the scalp. This is the largest number of follicles we will
ever have - follicles are never added during life. As the
size of the body increases as we grow older, the density of
the hair follicles on the skin decreases.
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