Hair is a unique mammalian trait that is absent in all other animal forms. Hairlessness is rare in mammals and humans are exceptional among primates in lacking dense layer of hair covering. HR was the first gene identified to be implicated in hair-cycle regulation. Point mutations in HR lead to congenital human hair loss, which results in the complete loss of body and scalp hairs. HR functions ...

Observation: Olmsted syndrome (OS) is a very rare genetic disorder, which includes diffuse alopecia, leukokeratose of oral mucosa, onychodystrophy , hyperkeratotic linear streaks, follicular keratosis and anhidrosis. Pseudomonilethrix shaft anomaly is characterized by hair shafts with elliptical nodes at variable intervals and separated by narrower internodes. To the best of our knowledge, we p...

In their excellent article, “Robotic Follicular Unit Extraction in Hair Transplantation,” Avram and Watkin give a review of the salient aspects of the newly evolving field of robotic hair transplantation. A significant contribution of this article is the data on transection rates. The authors found that the mean transection rate of robotic extraction is 6.6% in their 20 cases. This compares fav...

Two patients presented with the unusual condition of multiple warty dyskeratomas on the scalp. Biopsies of affected skin stained positive with human keratin monoclonal antibodies HKN-6 and -7, specific for cortex and inner root sheath of normal human hair, respectively. Multiple warty dyskeratomas are a rare occurrence and their aetiopathogenesis remains elusive. Positive immunohistochemical st...

Hair follicles are essentially composed of two tissues. The inner epidermal component, which gives rise to, among other products, the keratinized hair shaft, is confluent with the surface epidermis and is ensheathed by the dermal component which is confluent with the pars papillaris of the dermis. A specialization of the dermal component is the dermal papilla which, in follicles producing hair,...

Fine hairs of the head and nape areas have been used as donor sources in eyelash transplantation but are straight, coarse, and grow rapidly, requiring frequent eyelash maintenance. This is the first reported case of eyelash transplantation by follicular unit extraction using leg hair as a donor source; findings were compared with that of another patient who underwent a similar procedure with do...

BACKGROUND In recent years, there has been a shift toward minimally invasive procedures. In hair transplantation surgery, this trend has manifested with the emergence of follicular unit extraction (FUE). Recently, a robot has been introduced for FUE procedures. OBJECTIVE To determine the transection rate of a robotic FUE device. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors discuss the procedure, techn...

Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery ‐ Jul‐Sep 2016, Volume 9, Issue 3 209 8. Fong ST, Lam YL, So YC. A modified periungual approach for treatment of subungual glomus tumour. Hand Surg 2007;12:217‐21. 9. Wang PJ, Zhang Y, Zhao JJ. Treatment of subungual glomus tumors using the nail bed margin approach. Dermatol Surg 2013;39:1689‐94. 10. Van Geertruyden J, Lorea P, Goldschmidt D, de Fontai...

Pachyonychia congenita is a rare type of ectodermal dysplasia further classified into 4 types. Cutaneous manifestations seen in most of the cases of Pachyonychia congenita include palmoplantar keratoderma, follicular hyperkeratosis, wedge shaped nails, oral leukokeratosis and woolly hair. A 25-year-old male presented to us with thickened nails and scanty scalp hair. On examination, we noticed h...