Open AccessRapunzel Alopecia: A Peculiar Form of Non-Marginal Traction Alopecia Secondary to Excessively Long Hair
Author(s) -
Alejandro LobatoBerezo,
Sara TormoMainar,
Ramón M. Pujol
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000508727
Subject(s) - traction (geology) , hair shaft , dermatology , medicine , hair growth , hair disease , hair removal , vellus hair , scarring alopecia , scalp , hair follicle , physiology , engineering , mechanical engineering
Traction alopecia (TA) is an underreported scarring alopecia in children and adolescents. TA occurs from chronic tensile forces on the hair and can be caused by different hairstyles that pull the hair tightly, such as regularly wearing braids, ponytails, cornrows, dreadlocks, and weaves, or by treating hair with rollers, hair extensions, or chemical relaxers.