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the first and second years after), except over the face, and is replaced by coarser 

 hairs. These in turn are constantly being shed during the life of the individual 







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FIG. 393. Five stages in the development of a human hair. Stohr. 



a, Papilla; b, arrector pili muscle; c, beginning of hair shaft; d, point where hair shaft grows 

 through epidermis; e, anlage of sebaceous gland; /, hair germ; g, hair shaft; h, Henle's 

 layer; i, Huxley's layer; k, cuticle of root sheath; /, inner root sheath; m, outer root sheath 

 in tangential section; n, outer root sheath; o, connective tissue follicle. 



and replaced by new ones. The new hairs probably in most cases develop from 

 the old follicles, the cells over the old papillae proliferating and the newly 



