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Hair disease
Hair follicle
Specialty	Medical genetics

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.

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

• List of cutaneous conditions

References

1. "Hair Diseases". NCBI. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
2. Luelmo-Aguilar, Jes??s; Sabat Santandreu, Mireia (2004). "Folliculitis: Recognition and Management". American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 5 (5): 301–310. doi:10.2165/00128071-200405050-00003. ISSN 1175-0561. PMID 15554731.
3. Mofid, A.; Seyyed Alinaghi, S. A.; Zandieh, S.; Yazdani, T. (2007-12-11). "Hirsutism: Hirsutism". International Journal of Clinical Practice. 62 (3): 433–443. doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01621.x. PMID 18081798.
4. Trueb, Ralph M. (2002). "Causes and Management of Hypertrichosis". American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 3 (9): 617–627. doi:10.2165/00128071-200203090-00004. ISSN 1175-0561. PMID 12444804.
5. "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
6. Choudhary, SanjivV; Gadegone, RutujaW; Koley, Sankha (2012). "Menkes kinky hair disease". Indian Journal of Dermatology. 57 (5). Medknow: 407–409. doi:10.4103/0019-5154.100503. ISSN 0019-5154. PMC 3482811. PMID 23112368.
7. Karincaoglu, Yelda; Coskun, Basak K; Seyhan, Muammer E; Bayram, Nalan (2005). "Monilethrix: Improvement with Acitretin". American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 6 (6): 407–410. doi:10.2165/00128071-200506060-00008. ISSN 1175-0561. PMID 16343029.
8. Sharma, Poonam; Nassereddin, Ali; Sonthalia, Sidharth (2023-02-13). "Black Piedra". StatPearls Publishing. PMID 31424762. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

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.

External links

• Mount Sinai
• Skinsight

• Human hair
• Hair diseases