Hair follicles are one of the few immunoprivileged parts of the body -- that is, they are protected from the immune system so the body doesn't treat them as foreign and attack them. Researchers ...

but other types can look different and occur on various body parts. Every pore on your skin contains a hair follicle. Pores are the small holes in our skin that allow sweat and oil to reach the ...

In this article (Part I of II), the structure and function of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases causing hair loss, and the most common nonscarring alopecias (telogen effluvium ...