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Hair is also the name of a musical; see the stage production and the movie. "Young Girl Fixing her Hair", by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Hair is a filamentous outgrowth from the skin, found mainly in mammals. In some species, it is absent at certain stages of life. It projects from the epidermis, though it grows from hair follicles deep in the dermis. So-called "hairs" (trichomes) are also found on plants. The projections on arthropods, such as insects and spiders are actually insect b ...
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Hair Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Society For Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/
- Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/
- National Alopecia Areata Foundation http://www.naaf.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
- American Hair Loss Council http://www.ahlc.org/
Resources
- Endocrinology and Hirsutism (Hormone Foundation)
- Excess Hair (American Academy of Family Physicians)
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