Beauty Therapy Level 3 Practice Exam

When comparing hair types by texture and growth, one type is the longer, coarser, and pigmented one that becomes the visible, mature hair. Vellus hair is the opposite: fine, short, and lightly pigmented. The other two terms, root and bulb, refer to parts of the hair inside the follicle, not to a distinct hair type. So the description points to terminal hair, which is the long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, eyebrows, and after puberty in areas like the underarms and groin.