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I have vellus hair on my beard area. My age is 18. I can use minoxidil to grow beard. I am only have vellus hair. It will help to grow vellus hair.
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vellus hair can (and in the case of puberty, does) turn into terminal hair.Terminal hairs are thick, long, and dark, as compared with vellus hair. During puberty, the increase in androgenic hormone levels causes vellus hair to be replaced with terminal hair in certain parts of the human body.
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