Ear hair generally refers to the terminal hair arising from follicles inside the external auditory meatus in humans. In its broader sense, ear hair may also include the fine vellus hair covering much of the ear, particularly at the prominent parts of the anterior ear, or even the abnormal hair growth as seen in hypertrichosis and hirsutism. Medical research on the function of ear hair is currently very scarce. Hair growth within the ear canal is often observed to increase in older men, together with increased growth of nose hair. Excessive hair growth within or on the ear is known medically as<unk> . Some men, particularly in the male population of India, have coarse hair growth along the lower portion of the helix, a condition referred to as "having hairy pinnae" (hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita).
Auricular hypertrichosis
Hypertrichosis
Generalized lentiginosis
Hypertrichosis cubiti
Centrofacial lentiginosis
Amastia
Woolly hair nevus
Hot comb alopecia