A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.
    

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A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.

Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Beetle leg tip, microphotograph

A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after C. Gold.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

Skin, hair & nails : keep your skin, hair, and nails looking their best / Wild Oats Markets.

Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

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A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Skin, hair & nails : keep your skin, hair, and nails looking their best / Wild Oats Markets.

Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.