Number of Facial Hair Corresponds to Frequency of Spontaneous Face-Touch in Humans.
facial hair
human face
spontaneous facial self‐touches
vellus hair
Journal
Advanced biology
ISSN: 2701-0198
Titre abrégé: Adv Biol (Weinh)
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101775319
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Oct 2024
08 Oct 2024
Historique:
revised:
22
08
2024
received:
06
05
2024
medline:
8
10
2024
pubmed:
8
10
2024
entrez:
8
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
People all over the world, independent of their culture or background, touch their faces up to 800 times per day. No other part of the body is touched as often as the face. Forehead, nose, and chin-the so-called T-zone of the face-are touched particularly frequently during spontaneous facial self-touches (sFST). It is hypothesized that there is a relationship between the density of mechanoreceptors (inferred from facial hair distribution) and the frequency of spontaneous self-touching. In order to indirectly measure the density of mechanoreceptors (cutaneous end organ complexes), the number of vellus and terminal hairs at 40 different measuring points on the face of 30 (15f/15m) healthy volunteers in study A is determined. In study B, the frequency of sFST at the same 40 measuring points in 66 (32f/34m) healthy persons is determined. Study A reveals that the number of facial hairs-in both sexes-is higher in the T-zone than in other areas of the face. Study B reveals that the T-zone is touched more frequently than other areas of the face. Skin areas of the face with a higher number of vellus hairs (and presumably higher innervation density) are touched particularly frequently during sFST.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39377190
doi: 10.1002/adbi.202400243
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Biology published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.
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