hair

[iceyfresh]

how come i have darker and longer pubic hairs on the sides of my genitals and not on top?:(

[Ryandel]

It really all depends on your body's genetics and such. Took me a while to find this but I found it in my grade 11 notebook. Which was in the laundry room... anyways hope this helps.

There are no nerve cells in the hair. The hair root has no way of knowing how long the hair is. Your eyebrows are always the same length. If they are shaved they grow back to the original length and then stay that length. Your eye lashes do the same thing but they are about twice as long. The hairs on your arm or leg "know" how to grow to their proper length. This is also the same for pubic hair. To understand how this works we need to learn more about how hairs grow.

The growing phase is called anogen. The anogen phase is different lengths of time for different types of hair. Short hairs like eye brows only grow a few weeks. Your scalp hair can grow for years. 85% of your hairs are in anogen.

After the anogen phase the hair enters Catagen. Catagen is only lasts a week or 2. This is a transition period. The living cells of the hairs root slow down and change their structure. Only 1% of your hairs are in catagen.

Telogen is the final phase. Telogen is a resting phase. During telogen the hair doesn't grow. Telogen lasts a few months. 14% of hairs are in telogen. Some hairs fall out during Telogen. A few hairs don't fall out until the new hair starts to grow in the next anogen phase.

-Alex D