Open AccessExtensive pili multigemini over the back
Author(s) -
Cristina CiudadBlanco,
Elena Conde Montero,
José Antonio Jiménez Heffernan,
Pablo Lázaro Ochaíta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.142871
Subject(s) - pilus , scalp , hair shaft , dermatology , medicine , hair follicle , biology , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , virulence , gene
Pili multigemini is a rare disorder where more than one hair exists in a single hair follicle. Papillar tips that divide into several tips will produce several hair shafts, so that characteristically do not fuse again. This disorder is relatively frequent on the beard of adult men and on the scalp of children. However, extensive areas of pili multigemini in other locations have rarely been described.