Abstract
Human hair is a keratin-containing appendage that grows from large cavities or sacs called follicles. Hair follicles extend from the surface of the skin through the stratum corneum and the epidermis into the dermis (Figure 1–1).
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Robbins, C.R. (1994). Morphological and Macromolecular Structure. In: Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3898-8_1
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