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  2. Hypertrichosis - Wikipedia

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    Hirsutism is a type of hypertrichosis exclusive to women and children, resulting from an excess of androgen-sensitive hair growth. [16] Patients with hirsutism exhibit patterns of adult male hair growth. [1] Chest and back hair are often present on women with hirsutism. [16] Hirsutism is both congenital and acquired.

  3. Rapunzel syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare intestinal condition in humans resulting from ingesting hair (trichophagia). [1] [2] The syndrome is named after the long-haired girl Rapunzel in the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Trichophagia is sometimes associated with the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania. [3]

  4. Auricular hypertrichosis - Wikipedia

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    Ear hair generally refers to the terminal hair arising from follicles inside the external auditory meatus in humans. [2] In its broader sense, ear hair may also include the fine vellus hair covering much of the ear, particularly at the prominent parts of the anterior ear, or even the abnormal hair growth as seen in hypertrichosis and hirsutism.

  5. Hair Loss in Women: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Common symptoms of female pattern hair loss include: A widening part. Hair thinning on the top of the head. A thinner ponytail. Hair loss at your temples. Overall thinning hair.

  6. Long hair - Wikipedia

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    Humans, horses, orangutans, and lions are among the few species of mammals that may grow their head hair or manes very long. Humans are believed to have lost their fur 2.5–3 million years ago as hominids when transitioning from a forest habitat to the open savanna, as an effect of natural selection, since this development made it possible to run fast and hunt animals close to the equator ...

  7. Alopecia areata - Wikipedia

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    When healthy hair is pulled out, at most a few should come out, and ripped hair should not be distributed evenly across the tugged portion of the scalp. In cases of alopecia areata, hair tends to pull out more easily along the edge of the patch where the follicles are already being attacked by the body's immune system than away from the patch ...

  8. Loose anagen syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Similar symptoms and signs appear in these conditions, however there are different aspects that distinguish each one from another. Short anagen syndrome and loose anagen syndrome are similar as both conditions lead to the inability to grow long hair and patients rarely need to get their hair cut. A difference between these two hair disorders is ...

  9. Human hair growth - Wikipedia

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    Hair-follicle cycling Hair grows at different speeds and different lengths. Its composition causes different colors and textures, which influence how long the hair strands grow. Marianne Ernst, a German "long hair model" The three stages of hair growth are the anagen, catagen, and telogen phases. Each strand of hair on the human body is at its ...