I'm dropping this here just because I had a mail session with Anatis (@DAZ, Silke here, I'd guess) about it and she(?) pointed me here. I've not read the thread yet so apologies on that score, and this was one of my earliest experiments in the Material Room so some things are a little funky.

Render is here:

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=1719732#1719732

Screen shot of a material is here:

http://harpsichordyet.com/gallery2/main.php/v/Misc/Hairy+Material.jpg.html

Whichway