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What To Know About Your Integumentary System
It is tough and protective. The dermis is the middle layer of skin. It contains nerves, blood vessels, sweat glands, oil glands, and hair follicles. These two layers of skin cover the hypodermis, a ...
Got Bumps on Your Scalp? Here's How to Treat It
Scalp folliculitis is a skin condition that occurs when the hair follicles on the scalp become inflamed. This results in ...
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treatment: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor After a Hidradenitis Suppurativa Diagnosis
Getting a diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) can be overwhelming, especially if you’ve never heard of the condition ...
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Blocked Hair Follicles and HS
While the underlying cause is unknown, HS results in hair follicles that can become blocked and inflamed. Nearby sweat glands and follicles get clogged with oil, sweat, and dead skin cells.
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Living With Skin Diseases: Here’s How a Hidradenitis Suppurativa Diagnosis Will Impact Your Day-to-Day Routines
While it’s not true that hidradenitis suppurativa is caused by poor hygiene, what you do in the shower can worsen flare-ups ...
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The hair follicle as a gene therapy target
Hair serves an important cosmetic function for humans, and the hair follicle produces sweat gland products that help to control body temperature and release pheromones 3. Billions of people ...
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So THAT'S Why Your Armpits Look Dark After Shaving
“The underarms have a high concentration of sweat glands and hair follicles, which means that the skin here experiences more friction and is more sensitive to certain activities like shaving or ...
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Here’s how to tell if you have eight-legged mites mating on your face
Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny eight-legged mite that resides in hair follicles and oil glands on ...
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Hair follicle stem cells and the collapse of self-tolerance in alopecia: the interplay of barrier function, the microbiome, and immunity
The hair follicle is a dynamic miniature organ. Its permanent portion opens to the skin surface, communicates with sebaceous ...
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa in the Armpits
It occurs in areas with hair follicles and sweat glands where skin rubs together. HS is also called acne inversa, even though it is not acne. It does not result from improper hygiene and cannot ...
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Bumps on Your Scalp? You May Have Folliculitis: What to Know
Scalp folliculitis is caused when microorganisms enter the hair follicles through tiny cuts, abrasions, or via the sebaceous glands ... a towel to wipe your head. Sweat can contribute to ...
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Blocked Hair Follicles and HS
It happens when hair follicles get blocked and nearby sweat glands get clogged and infected in areas where skin touches skin. This blockage creates large, thick pimples, or boils, that hurt ...