Hair Disease
Hair diseases are illnesses that impact the persistence and regular growth of hair.
Types of hair diseases include folliculitis, hirsutism, hypertrichosis, hypotrichosis (alopecia), Menkes kinky hair syndrome, monilethrix, and piedra.
| Hair disease | |
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| Hair follicle | |
| Specialty | Medical genetics  |
Folliculitis
Folliculitis is an inflammatory response that occurs in the hair follicle's superficial part and may affect either the perifollicular or follicular opening.
Hirsutism
Hirsutism is characterized as the overgrowth of terminal hair in a typical male pattern distribution on a female's face and body.
Hypertrichosis
Hypertrichosis is any place of the body where there is more hair growth than is typically seen in people of the same age, race, and sex, excluding androgen-induced hair growth.
Hypotrichosis
Hypotrichosis is an uncommon condition where there is little to no hair development on the head, in the places of the body where hair normally grows, such as the brows above the eyes and the edges of the eyelids.
Menkes kinky hair syndrome
Menkes kinky hair syndrome is an uncommon X-linked recessive copper metabolism disease.
Monilethrix
Monilethrix is an uncommon genetic condition that causes abnormalities in the shaft of the hair.
Piedra
Piedra is a type of superficial fungal infection that appears as tiny nodules adhered to the hair shaft.
See also
References
Further reading
- Wolff, Hans; Fischer, Tobias W.; Blume-Peytavi, Ulrike (2016-05-27). "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hair and Scalp Diseases". Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 113 (21). Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH: 377–386. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2016.0377. ISSN 1866-0452. PMC 4908932. PMID 27504707.
- Marks, James G.; Miller, Jeffrey J. (2019). "Hair Disorders". Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology. Elsevier. pp. 263–276. doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-43040-1.00020-8. ISBN 978-0-323-43040-1.
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