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Tufted folliculitis presents with doll's hair-like bundling of follicular units, and is seen in a wide range of scarring conditions including chronic staphylococcal infection, chronic lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, Graham-Little syndrome, folliculitis decalvans, acne keloidalis nuchae, immunobullous disorders, and dissecting cellulitis.
13-year-old Lalit Patidar from central India was given the nickname ''wolf boy'' after the effects of a rare condition, known as hypertrichosis, caused him to grow hair all over his face ...
Uncombable hair syndrome (UHS) is a rare structural anomaly of the hair with a variable degree of effect. It is characterized by hair that is silvery, dry, frizzy, wiry, and impossible to comb. [4] It was first reported in the early 20th century. [5] It typically becomes apparent between the ages of 3 months and 12 years. [6]
Bubble hair is characterized by rows of bubbles seen microscopically within localized areas of the brittle hair. [3] These air-filled spaces occur in the cortex of the hair shaft that correspond to the breakdown of keratin and local air expansion triggered by hot water passing through the shaft. [2] There may be an inherited predisposition. [4]
Byron Baxter may be only 3, but the boy has quite the A-list group of “cyber aunts and uncles” — including rapper Cardi B — after reaching viral fame on Instagram.
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Symptoms include brittle hair, mild mental retardation and nail dysplasia.The syndrome was first observed in Sabinas, a small community in northern Mexico.. The principal biochemical features of the illness are reduced hair cystine levels, increased copper/zinc ratio, and presence of arginosuccinic acid in the blood and urine.
IBIDS syndrome, following the acronym from ichthyosis, brittle hair and nails, intellectual impairment and short stature, is the Tay syndrome or sulfur-deficient brittle hair syndrome, first described by Tay in 1971. [9] (Chong Hai Tay was the Singaporean doctor who was the first doctor in South East Asia to have a disease named after him.