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Hair feels different when touched and rubs together in various ways.
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July 2003 in “ACM Transactions on Graphics” Researchers developed a new model for more realistic computer graphics rendering of hair by considering how light scatters on hair fibers.
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October 2005 in “Archives of Dermatology” Shorter, thinner hairs indicate AGA, while longer, thicker hairs suggest CTE; counting and measuring shed hairs helps diagnose hair loss type.
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Researchers developed a new model for more realistic computer graphics of hair by considering how light scatters on hair fibers.
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Wavy sinus hairs in cats are linked to feline leukemia virus infection.
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January 2002 in “Laboratory Animals” Mutations in the hairless gene cause hair loss and skin cysts in rhesus macaques.
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