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- | * Vellus hair (+transitional due to minoxidil) | ||
- | * Terminal hair | ||
- | * Thickness of terminal varies | ||
- | * Shedding (naturally and w/minox) | ||
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====== Hair Follicle ====== | ====== Hair Follicle ====== | ||
The hair follicle is what produces the individual strands of hair, and can be found all over the beard area. The follicle is responsible for the shape of the hair it produces, as well as the texture. {{ : | The hair follicle is what produces the individual strands of hair, and can be found all over the beard area. The follicle is responsible for the shape of the hair it produces, as well as the texture. {{ : | ||
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Where follicles are will be based on genetics. There are around 90, | Where follicles are will be based on genetics. There are around 90, | ||
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===== Beard Shape ===== | ===== Beard Shape ===== | ||
For men wondering if they can change the shape of their unruly beard, in any natural way, the answer is no. The best options you'll have are working with the beard, using a [[beard balm|beard balm]] or wax, and/or using a hair dryer. | For men wondering if they can change the shape of their unruly beard, in any natural way, the answer is no. The best options you'll have are working with the beard, using a [[beard balm|beard balm]] or wax, and/or using a hair dryer. | ||
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While you //might// be able to help the fullness of your beard by using something like [[minoxidil|minoxidil]], | While you //might// be able to help the fullness of your beard by using something like [[minoxidil|minoxidil]], | ||
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+ | ===== Hair Growth Cycle ===== | ||
+ | Each hair follicle has an independent cycle. While some may be roughly synced, hair will mostly shed independently< | ||
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+ | The three phases of the growth cycle are **anagen**, **catagen**, | ||
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+ | ==== Anagen Phase ==== | ||
+ | This is the phase in which the follicle is actively growing hair. The one that we want most of our hair to be in to achieve the thickest beard possible. Minoxidil, and to an extent, [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Catagen Phase ==== | ||
+ | Once signaled, the anagen phase goes into the catagen phase. This transitional phase allows the hair to renew itself, and only about 1% of human body hair will be in this phase at any one time. | ||
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+ | The length of hair in the phase can still appear to be growing due to it being pushed out during the two weeks it is in effect. | ||
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+ | ==== Telogen Phase ==== | ||
+ | The telogen phase is the body's way of conserving its resources while the rest of the hair is in its growth (anagen) phase. It sticks around for one to several months before the hair is shed. In the coming weeks, the follicle will then enter its growth phase. | ||
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+ | ==== Shedding Phase ==== | ||
+ | Hair can and will shed, as it is a natural process of cell replacement. If you notice facial hair falling out of your beard daily, //you are not losing this hair//. It will regrow in the hair follicle. | ||
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+ | This natural process is also known as **exogen**. | ||
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+ | ==== Kenogen Phase ==== | ||
+ | The kenogen phase is in between exogen and anagen phases. It's the time when the hair follicle is empty, to when it starts to grow a new hair. | ||
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+ | ===== Types of Hair ===== | ||
+ | ==== Vellus hair ==== | ||
+ | Vellus hair is thin, transparent hair all over a person' | ||
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+ | Over time and as we age, follicles on the body become more sensitive to androgens, allowing vellus hair to maturate. Because of this, beards tend to improve as a person ages. | ||
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+ | Vellus hair is not the same thing as lanugo, which is hair that is thicker and grows on fetuses. | ||
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+ | Vellus hair is not connected to sebaceous glands, which is a big part of why some people may have a lot of vellus hair on their faces, but are not terminal as they may want. | ||
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+ | === Transitional or intermediate hair === | ||
+ | Commonly referred to as transitional, | ||
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+ | ==== Terminal hair ==== | ||
+ | Terminal hair is thick, pigmented hair that can grow longer than vellus hair. For men trying to grow fuller beards, this is the type of hair that they will want more of. | ||
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+ | During puberty, or through the use of minoxidil, vellus hair is replaced with terminal hair due to the increase of androgenic hormone levels. | ||
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+ | === Androgenic hair === | ||
+ | Androgenic hair is body hair and aptly named because the hair is grown due to follicles metabolizing androgen hormones (testosterone and [[dht|dihydrotestosterone]]). It is a more specific way of referring to terminal hair. | ||
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+ | == Axillary hair == | ||
+ | Axillary hair is underarm hair is a subset of androgenic hair. | ||
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