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Why don't you get goosebumps on your face?

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This was asked by my son, but I couldn’t answer: When you get cold, you get goosebumps. But why don’t you get them on your face, seeing we have hair follicles there?
Simon, Muswell Hill

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Kay, Kingston
Qualification: Used to teach anatomy
Answer: At the base of each hair, there is a little muscle. When you get cold, that muscle contracts and the hair rises, causing the goosebumps. On the face, the hairs are so tiny that the muscles on each will be so small, they can’t make the hair rise.

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