Trichoscopic Features of Male and Female Androgenetic Alopecia

January 2012 in “ Springer eBooks ”

Adriana Rakowska, Monika Słowińska, Malgorzata Olszewska, Lidia Rudnicka

androgenetic alopecia hair shaft thickness heterogeneity yellow dots perifollicular discoloration peripilar sign thin hairs vellus hairs follicular units thin wavy hair honeycomb hyperpigmentation hair shaft thickness

Studysummary This study observed that male and female androgenetic alopecia share similar trichoscopic characteristics, such as hair shaft thickness heterogeneity and increased thin and vellus hairs.

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The document from 2011 discussed the trichoscopic features of male and female androgenetic alopecia. These features included hair shaft thickness heterogeneity, yellow dots, perifollicular discoloration (the peripilar sign), an increased proportion of thin and vellus hairs, and a large number of follicular units with only one emerging hair shaft. Additional, nonspecific features often coexisting were thin wavy hair and honeycomb hyperpigmentation.

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