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Pubic hair

This is a photomicrograph of pubic hair. Notice the medulla.

Pubic Hairs:
* Shaft diameter coarse with wide variations and buckling
* Medulla relatively broad and usually continuous when present
* Root frequently with tag
* Tip usually tapered, rounded, or abraded
* Stiff texture, wiry

Image courtesy of Microscopy of Hair Part 1: A Practical Guide and Manual for Human Hairs; Forensic Science Communications.

 

 

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