A Case of Friction Alopecia in a Healthy 15-Year-Old Girl

Friction alopecia is a non-scarring alopecia that causes hair breakage and may cause trichorrhexis nodosa. We report a case of a 15-year-old girl with self-inflicting friction alopecia that demonstrated broken hairs and proximal trichorrhexis nodosa on dermoscopy. We review various causes of frictio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Skin appendage disorders 2019-02, Vol.5 (2), p.97-99
Hauptverfasser: Fowler, Emilie, Tosti, Antonella
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Friction alopecia is a non-scarring alopecia that causes hair breakage and may cause trichorrhexis nodosa. We report a case of a 15-year-old girl with self-inflicting friction alopecia that demonstrated broken hairs and proximal trichorrhexis nodosa on dermoscopy. We review various causes of friction alopecia and clinical findings, as well as trichorrhexis nodosa.
ISSN:2296-9195
2296-9160
DOI:10.1159/000490712