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 ...