HBHone of the small holes in the skin that hairs grow from 毛囊
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follicle• Scalpstimulants can help to revitalise dormant hair follicles by increasing the bloodflow to the scalp.• When melanin stops being fed into hair folliclesaltogether, any new hair grows in white.• They are the openings to the hair follicles.• The lobesconsist of many follicles.• During ovulation, the ripeegg is released from the ovarianfollicle which contained it.• The area to be denuded is first waxed, after which the laser goes into the follicles to destroy them.• Within the lumen of the follicle is a colloid.• The follicle, in the shape of a sphere, is lined with a singlelayer of epithelial cells.
Originfollicle
(1400-1500)Modern Latinfolliculus, from Latinfollis“bag”