Kinking hair | |
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Other names | Acquired progressive kinking of hair |
Specialty | Dermatology |
Kinking hair, or acquired progressive kinking of hair, is a skin condition primarily reposted in postpubescent males with androgenetic alopecia, presenting with gradual curling and darkening of the frontal, temporal, auricular, and vertex hairs which, under the microscope, show kinks and twists with or without longitudinal grooving. [1]: 647 [2]: 767 [3]
Kinking hair is characterized by acquired curling of the hair. The hair might appear frizzy or lusterless. Increased hair shedding is usually the most problematic symptom. [3]
The cause of hair kinking remains a mystery. [4] It has been suggested as a potential mechanism that hair kinking is a hair cycle disease associated with dysregulation in the inner root sheath of the hair bulb and the shortening of anagen hairs. [5]
The diagnostic criteria for kinking hair is as follows: [5]
Kinking hair | |
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Other names | Acquired progressive kinking of hair |
Specialty | Dermatology |
Kinking hair, or acquired progressive kinking of hair, is a skin condition primarily reposted in postpubescent males with androgenetic alopecia, presenting with gradual curling and darkening of the frontal, temporal, auricular, and vertex hairs which, under the microscope, show kinks and twists with or without longitudinal grooving. [1]: 647 [2]: 767 [3]
Kinking hair is characterized by acquired curling of the hair. The hair might appear frizzy or lusterless. Increased hair shedding is usually the most problematic symptom. [3]
The cause of hair kinking remains a mystery. [4] It has been suggested as a potential mechanism that hair kinking is a hair cycle disease associated with dysregulation in the inner root sheath of the hair bulb and the shortening of anagen hairs. [5]
The diagnostic criteria for kinking hair is as follows: [5]