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The difference between hair and hair follicle?

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a hair folicle is the root of the hair which is located in the lower part of the dermis. It is also connected to the arrector pili muscle. Hair is better known as the hair shaft and is the part inside of the hair folicle that comes out through the very top layer of skin and only fractionally protects our skin from sunlight

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