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characteristics of Leg hair

leg hair Leg hair is the hair that grows on the legs of males and females, generally appearing at the onset of adulthood. Male legs are most often much hairier than female ones. For a variety of reasons, people may shave their leg hair. females generally shave their leg hair more than males, and many times they are expected to as a sign of beauty. The amount of hair on an individuals legs can depend on their ethnic background with men of Middle Eastern, South Asian, or general Mediterranean descent generally having more. However this may also be due to members of these ethnic groups having darker hair. Men of very Northern European descent can have very little hair on their legs with some having virtually none. The colour and texture of this leg may be different from other hair on the body. Normally they grow at a very slow pace and can be removed easily. There are so many hair removal methods which are followed to remove this type of hair.

Androgenic hair or body hair

Body hair, colloquially Androgenic hair, is the terminal hair on the human body developed during and after puberty.This body hair is differentiated from the head hair and less visible vellus hair. Androgenic denotes its growth is related to the level of androgens i.e male hormones in the individual. Due to a normally higher level of androgens, men tend to have more androgenic hair than women. Normally vellus hair covers the entire human body, Except in areas like the lips, the backs of the ears, the navel, the palms of hands, certain external genital areas, the soles of the feet and scar tissue. The density of hair varies from one person to another. Development and growth There will be an increase in the levels of androgens during puberty which causes vellus hair to transform into terminal hair over many areas of the body. Different areas respond with different sensitivities. The sequence of appearance of androgenic hair reflects the gradations of androgen sensitivity. Since the pubic