In slang usage, vellus hair is sometimes referred to as "'" peach fuzz " "'due to its resemblance to the downy epidermic growths on the peach fruit.
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The genital area of males and females are first inhabited by shorter, lighter vellus hairs that are next to invisible and only begin to develop into darker, thicker pubic hair at puberty.
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As early as 1930 the writer, " Vellus ", in The Queenslander, was promoting the attributes of Brahman cattle-tick resistance, heat-resistance, disease resistance and breeding efficiency.
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The opposite of hypotrichosis is hypertrichosis, where terminal hair ( thick ) grows in areas that would otherwise normally have vellus hair ( thin ), for example abnormally thick facial hair growth in women.
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The halting of hair development at a juvenile stage, vellus hair, would also be consistent with the neoteny evident in humans, especially in females, and thus they could have occurred at the same time.
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In another plate, now lost, was the device VILLAE IANUAM TRANANDO RECLUDENS IASON OBTINET LOCUPLES VELLUS MEDEAE 1680 ( Passing by opening the door of the villa, Iason obtained the rich fleece of Medea 1680 ).
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Valerie Anne Randall of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, said beard growth in Caucasian men increases until the mid-thirties due to a delay caused by growth cycles changing from vellus hair to terminal hair.
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In 2010 a soft ultra-fine, 10 micron fleece, from Windradeen, near Pyramul, New South Wales set a new world record in the fineness of wool fleeces when it won the Ermenegildo Zegna Vellus Aureum International Trophy.
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:While looking at our facial hair article, I found a link in the " In women " section to vellus hair which I think answers your question . ( talk ) 09 : 27, 12 June 2010 ( UTC)
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Although fine vellus hair is present in the area in childhood, pubic hair is considered to be the heavier, longer and coarser hair that develops during puberty as an effect of rising levels of androgens in males and estrogens in females.
