Rapunzel Alopecia: A Peculiar Form of Non-Marginal Traction Alopecia Secondary to Excessively Long Hair

    January 2020 in “ Skin appendage disorders ”
    Alejandro Lobato‐Berezo, Sara Tormo‐Mainar, Ramón M. Pujol
    Studysummary This article discusses traction alopecia in children and adolescents, emphasizing its occurrence due to hairstyles that exert chronic tension on hair, but reports no new findings.
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