Green apples hanging on the branches - 88 growth secrets that middle school students should know

Author: Liu Chang / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Drifting through the long river of youth, the familiar scenery of the past has changed. At some point, fine hairs began to grow on the once smooth face, and sparse stubble started to appear around the lips. On one morning, as the morning light shone in the mirror, I realized that I was no longer the innocent child I once was. Thus, I entered the journey of youth, confused and unprepared. Faced with these changes I had never encountered before, I felt a bit lost and unsure. Those sprouting stubbles caused us quite a bit of trouble, as illustrated by the experience of a classmate named Liu Yang. Have you ever had a similar experience? Liu Yang is a young man in his prime of youth. He didn’t know when it started, but stubble began to appear around his lips. Every time he looked in the mirror, he thought the stubble made him look less handsome, so he, like the others in the dormitory, got into the habit of plucking the stubble with tweezers whenever he had nothing to do. Although it is natural for people to love beauty, he never expected that after plucking the stubble, his chin would start to swell red, and the right side of his face would also become swollen. This scared him badly, so he rushed to the hospital to see a doctor. After the doctor’s diagnosis and analysis, he learned that his appearance was indeed due to bacterial infection of the sebaceous glands caused by plucking the stubble. Boys are certainly familiar with such behavior, and perhaps you’ve also been fighting with stubble in the mirror recently. Clinically, cases like Liu Yang’s are often seen, with most patients being boys in their prime of puberty. When boys reach puberty, significant changes occur in all parts of their bodies, which is undoubtedly normal. As sexual development gradually matures, stubble will appear around the lips of boys, which is a very natural phenomenon, indicating that you have started to grow. However, some boys think that stubble is unattractive and affects their appearance, so they often pluck it one by one with their hands or tweezers whenever they get the chance. Don’t think this isn’t a big deal. In fact, plucking stubble is a very poor hygiene habit, and it can also affect your health. It may sound a bit alarmist, but if you don’t believe it, you might as well first learn about the structure of stubble. Once you understand this, you’ll know why Liu Yang’s habit of plucking stubble led to his "swollen face."
Stubble is a type of hair, and structurally, it is the same as other hairs on the body, consisting of the following parts: the part exposed to the skin is called the hair shaft, the part embedded in the skin is called the hair root, the enlarged end of the hair root is called the hair bulb, the concave part at the bottom of the hair bulb is called the hair papilla, and the hair papilla contains nerve endings and blood vessels, which supply nutrients to the hair and receive sensory input. The sac-like structure around the hair root is called the hair follicle, and it is connected to the nearby sebaceous glands. As long as the hair bulb, hair papilla, and intact hair follicle exist, hair can regenerate.
Although plucking stubble is painful, it only removes the hair shaft and hair root. Since the hair bulb, hair papilla, and hair follicle cannot be removed, the stubble will still grow back, and it will never be a permanent solution. Plucking stubble is very easy to damage the facial skin, hair follicles, and adjacent sebaceous glands. Once damage occurs, bacteria on the surface of the skin can take advantage of the situation, causing inflammation of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands, which may lead to boils or swelling of the lips or face.
By now, you should understand why Liu Yang ended up like that! Plucking stubble may seem like a "small effort," but if you’re not careful, it can cause you a lot of pain, even to the point of "losing face." Therefore, if you have this habit, you must break it immediately. If you really think that stubble affects your handsomeness to some extent, you can choose to shave it off with a razor, which is both time-saving and effortless—why not do it?
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