HAIR GROWTH PHASES
THIS PHASE IS THE BEST FOR HAIR REMOVAL.
WHAT IS THE ANAGEN PHASE?
REMOVING THIS TYPE OF HAIR, ESPECIALLY AGAINST HAIR GROWTH, CAN RESULT IN THE FOLLICLES PRODUCING NEW TERMINAL HAIRS.
WHAT IS VELLUS HAIR?
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE HAIR AND ITS DISEASES.
WHAT IS TRICHOLOGY?
THIS TYPE OF HAIR GROWTH IS GENETICALLY AND ETHNICALLY INHERITED BUT CAN ALSO OCCUR DUE TO NATURAL LIFE OCCURRENCES. IT IS NOT STIMULATED BY MALE ANDROGENS.
WHAT IS HYPERTRICHOSIS?
PROCESS OF REMOVING HAIR AT OR NEAR THE LEVEL OF SKIN.
WHAT IS DEPILATION?
THIS PHASE IS THE SHORTEST PHASE.
WHAT IS THE CATAGEN PHASE?
THIS TYPE OF HAIR IS SOFT AND DOWNY. THIS HAIR SHEDS AND IS REPLACED WITH VELLUS OR TERMINAL HAIR.
WHAT IS LANUGO?
A MASS OF EPIDERMAL CELLS FORMING A SMALL TUBE OR CANAL.
WHAT IS A HAIR FOLLICLE?
THIS IS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE MALE ANDROGENS IN THE BLOOD.
WHAT IS HIRSUTISM?
PROCESS OF REMOVING HAIR FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FOLLICLE BY BREAKING CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND PAPILLA.
WHAT IS EPILATION?
THE HAIR ON OUR SCALP GROWS LONGER DUE TO THE HAIR BEING IN THIS PHASE LONGER.
WHAT IS THE ANAGEN PHASE?
ANOTHER NAME FOR VELLUS HAIR.
WHAT IS PEACH FUZZ?
THIS CONTAINS THE HAIR FOLLICLE AND IT'S APPENDAGES.
WHAT IS THE PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT?
WHAT DOES PCOS STAND FOR?
WHAT IS POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME?
A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT IS SPREAD ON THE SKIN TO DISSOLVE THE HAIR AT THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN AND JUST BELOW THE STRATUM CORNEUM. ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ARE ALKALINE.
WHAT IS A DEPILATORY?
THIS PHASE IS CONSIDERED THE TRANSITION STAGE OF HAIR GROWTH. MITOSIS CEASES.
WHAT IS THE CATAGEN PHASE?
THIS TYPE OF HAIR IS FOUND ON THE HEAD, EYEBROWS, EYELASHES AND GENITALS.
WHAT IS TERMINAL HAIR?
THIS IS NECESSARY FOR HAIR GROWTH AND NOURISHMENT OF THE FOLLICLE. "THE MOTHER".
WHAT IS HAIR PAPILLA (PAPILLAE)?
A MALFUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX THAT CAUSES AN OVERPRODUCTION OF ANDROGENS.
WHAT IS ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME?
ALSO KNOWN AS BANDING.
WHAT IS THREADING?
IN THIS PHASE THE HAIR BULB ISN'T ACTIVE. THE RESTING STAGE OF HAIR GROWTH.
WHAT IS THE TELOGEN PHASE?
WOMEN WITH PCOS CAN DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF HAIR IN AREAS WHERE THEY NORMALLY HAVE VELLUS HAIR.
WHAT IS TERMINAL HAIR?
THIS MUSCLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR "GOOSEBUMPS". CONTRACTS WHEN AFFECTED BY COLD OR OTHER STIMULI.
WHAT IS THE ARRECTOR PILI MUSCLE?
A HORMONAL DISORDER CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF THE HORMONE CORTISOL. A DISORDER RELATED TO EXCESSIVE ANDROGEN PRODUCTION THAT AFFECT HAIR GROWTH.
WHAT IS CUSHING SYNDROME?
THE ONLY PROVEN METHOD OF HAIR REMOVAL RECOGNIZED AND GIVEN THE DESIGNATION PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL BY THE FDA AND AMA. EFFECTIVE METHOD ON ALL HAIR AND SKIN TYPES.
WHAT IS ELECTROLYSIS?