hair shaft
Visible hair portion
The hair shaft is the visible part of a hair that extends above the skin's surface.
It consists of dead, keratinized cells and has no nerve endings—which is why cutting hair doesn't hurt.
The shaft emerges from the hair follicle beneath the skin, where living cells produce new growth.
- cuticleDead skin at nail base
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- medullaInnermost organ tissue
- keratinStructural hair protein
- strandThin fiber piece
scalp · bulb · melanin · split ends · dead ends · oily · brittle · shiny · silky · coarse · fine · thick · thin · pigment · growth · breakage · porous · smooth
- hairhaircut, hairstyle, coily, strands, follicle
- skin and hairskin, dermis, epidermis, pore, follicle
- skin anatomydermis, epidermis, hypodermis, subcutis, cutis
- fiberscotton, wool, silk, linen, hemp
- skinepidermis, dermis, skin, cutis, pores
- hair removalepilator, thermolysis, tweezers, shaving cream, razor blade