What are the types of skin?

The main skin types are hairy or hairless (also called glabrous skin). Most of the body is covered in hairy skin, even though the hair is sometimes too fine for us to see it easily.

Hairy skin

Most of the skin that covers the body is hairy. This type of skin has hair follicles and oily sebaceous glands. The hair on a child’s skin is less visible than on an adult’s.

Glabrous skin

Glabrous skin has no hair. Without any hair follicles, glabrous skin is much smoother than hairy skin. It provides padding for the lips, palms of the hands and soles of the feet.

 

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