Kılın Sodyum Hipoklorit ile İşlem Görmesinin Morfolojik Etkileri

Hair is one of the most frequent trace evidence in crime scene. It is known that hair structure is resistant to external factors but there are a few studies about chemical treatments. This study is about effects of Sodium Hypochlorite (NaClO) to morphological structure of the hair. In this study 10 hairs included for study group and 10 for control group. The hairs were collected by cutting from near the scalp of a Caucasian adult. The study group was treated in household bleach including <5% NaClO for 10 minutes. The other group had no treatment. All of the hairs were mounted on slides with xylene and examined by light microscopy. Colors of the NaClO treated hairs were light brown in 9 hairs and brown in one hair, while 7 of the control group hairs were brown and 3 were dark brown. It was observed that the pigment density decreased after NaClO treatment. It was seen that outer surface of the cuticle was Adli Tıp Bülteni