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Weathering of hair in trichoteiromania
Author(s) -
Banky Jeremy P,
Sheridan Adam T,
Dawber Rodney PR
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00087.x
Subject(s) - scalp , rubbing , medicine , vertex (graph theory) , hair shaft , dermatology , anatomy , hair follicle , combinatorics , composite material , materials science , graph , mathematics
SUMMARY A 74‐year‐old woman presented with an 18‐month history of broken vertex scalp hairs as a consequence of chronic rubbing. Light microscopy of the 1–2 cm hairs demonstrated distal brush‐like splitting. Education and behavioural therapy were instituted. After 4 months of reduced rubbing of the vertex scalp hairs, the hairs re‐grew with no evidence of persistent hair shaft abnormality.