Commentary for Menachot 74:11

אמר רב שישא בריה דרב אידי האי מאן דבצריה לגלימיה לא עביד ולא כלום שוייה טלית בעלת חמש

so in the former case it must be put on a place which can be declared unclean as a leprous spot by one symptom only;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A leprous spot on any part of the body that is free from hair, as the hand, is deemed to be unclean by the appearance of white hairs therein');">¹²</span> one must therefore rule out the place between the eyes where flesh and hair are to be found, [and so can be declared unclean by two symptoms,] either by [the appearance of] white hair or yellow hair.

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