How do you use Follicles in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Follicles meaning
plural of follicle
Using Follicles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of follicle
- In the example corpus, follicles often appears in combinations such as: hair follicles, follicles are, primordial follicles.
Context around Follicles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Follicles
- In this selection, "follicles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hair, primordial, individual, stand, become and increases stand out and add context to how "follicles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the hair follicles and active hair follicles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "follicles" sits close to words such as abstractions, accosted and adair, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with follicles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Coconut oil also soothes the scalp and removes build-up around hair follicles. (13 words)
Reduced exposure to chemotherapy drugs helps protect the hair follicles and reduce hair loss. (14 words)
The hair follicles are placed in a way that mimics natural hair growth patterns. (14 words)
Also, lasers use high amounts of energy to target and destroy hair follicles, but only the area around those follicles is affected—meaning that your surrounding skin is spared from any damage. (32 words)
When the body is too cold, the arrector pili muscles found attached to hair follicles stand up, causing the hair in these follicles to do the same. (27 words)
By gently massaging the scalp in circular motions, blood flow to the hair follicles increases, delivering more oxygen and essential nutrients necessary for healthy hair growth. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also, lasers use high amounts of energy to target and destroy hair follicles, but only the area around those follicles is affected—meaning that your surrounding skin is spared from any damage.
Follicles in treated mice also extended deeper into the skin, indicating healthier and more active hair follicles.
In FUT, a strip of skin with hair follicles is removed from the donor area and the follicles are extracted and transplanted.
The follicles have developed from primordial follicles, but the development has stopped ("arrested") at an early antral stage due to the disturbed ovarian function.
When the body is too cold, the arrector pili muscles found attached to hair follicles stand up, causing the hair in these follicles to do the same.
Ash wagandha oil is it strengthens and protects hair follicles from damage thanks to its nutritious content.
Blended with dihydrotestosterone (DHT) blockers (a hormone associated with hair loss), it claims to help improve blood circulation to the scalp and hair follicles.
Coconut oil also soothes the scalp and removes build-up around hair follicles.
Low-intensity laser therapy can stimulate blood circulation in the scalp, reviving dormant hair follicles.
Menthol has a stimulating effect on the scalp and helps increase blood flow to the hair follicles.
Reduced exposure to chemotherapy drugs helps protect the hair follicles and reduce hair loss.
Rosemary oil is even known to treat a form of alopecia (androgenetic alopecia) by blocking testosterone hormones from damaging your hair follicles.
The hair follicles are placed in a way that mimics natural hair growth patterns.
This irritation can affect hair growth, damage the hair follicles, and cause hair to fall out.
This means daily consumption of vitamins can help keep up the flow of nutrients to the hair follicles.
Acne is caused when tiny holes in the skin, known as hair follicles, become blocked.
A handful of walnuts and almonds are packed with omega-3, vitamin E and zinc - all vital for maintaining healthy hair follicles and promoting growth.
By gently massaging the scalp in circular motions, blood flow to the hair follicles increases, delivering more oxygen and essential nutrients necessary for healthy hair growth.
During the telogen phase, which lasts about two to three months, hair follicles are inactive and eventually shed to make room for new hair growth.
FUE is a minimally invasive procedure where individual follicles are extracted directly from the donor site using a punch tool.
Common combinations with follicles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hair follicles 40×
- follicles are 7×
- primordial follicles 7×
- follicles and 6×
- follicles in 5×
- the follicles 5×
- follicles but 3×
- follicles to 3×
- of follicles 3×
- follicles is 2×