The Epidermiology of Hairstyle related african hair disdorders, in and Urban Township in South Africa

January 2007 in “ Belarusian State Pedagogical University repository (Belarusian State Pedagogical University) ”

Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo

TLDR Certain hairstyles in an urban South African township are linked to specific scalp disorders.

The study investigated the prevalence of specific scalp disorders—acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN), central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), and traction alopecia (TA)—in an urban township in South Africa, focusing on their association with African hairstyles. It included cross-sectional studies of school children and adults to assess the prevalence of these conditions and their correlation with different hairstyles. The research also aimed to develop a reliable severity scoring system for traction alopecia, known as the marginal traction alopecia severity (M-TAS) scoring instrument. The study found that these scalp disorders were anecdotally more prevalent in Africans and sought to determine the influence of African hair follicle morphology on disease pathogenesis.

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