ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sebaceous glands develop on or near your hair follicles in the second layer of your skin (dermis). You have thousands of sebaceous glands all over your body. The only place where you don’t have sebaceous glands are on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sebaceous glands Sebaceous, or oil, glands, are attached to hair follicles and can be found everywhere on the body except for the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. These glands secrete oil that helps keep the skin smooth and supple.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sebaceous glands are located in the mid-dermis and almost always develop alongside a hair follicle, with an outlet emptying into the follicular canal. This association is known as the pilosebaceous unit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sebaceous glands are holocrine glands found over the entire surface of the body except the palms, soles and dorsum of the feet. They are largest and most concentrated in the face and scalp where they are the sites of origin of acne (Fig. 1).

Detailed explanation-5: -Eccrine glands are found almost everywhere on the skin’s surface, but they are especially concentrated on the palms of the hand, soles of the feet, and head. If you ever have sweaty palms, you can thank your eccrine glands for that!