Traction alopecia is common in individuals of the Sikh faith who wear tight bun hairstyles covered by turbans. An IRB-approved 50-question survey self-assessing hair loss and various care practices was offered voluntarily through email distribution to national organizations. Out 156 total respondents, 82% indicated they wore a turban daily. Of participants specified turban, 50% kept it on for a...

a female one month old with features supporting a diagnosis of neonatal progeroid syndrome(wrs)  presented to our neonatology section of gb pant children hospital srinagar .she had prenatal and post natal growth failure, generalized lipotrophy, triangular face, psedohydrocephalous, sparse scalp hair and eye brows, prominent scalp veins and greatly widened anterior fontenella.

Itchy scalp troubles many people. The causes of itching can be systemic, psychogenic, neurological, and dermatological diseases. most common diseases associated with are seborrheic dermatitis psoriasis. pathogenesis these is very different, but in both cases, skin microbiota changes may present, supporting the inflammation. Also, conditions, flaking other similar clinical presentations occur. I...

background and objective: seborrheic dermatitis (sd) is a frequent disorder of the skin that is distinguished by the development of erythematous patches and yellow-gray scales. it is a multifactor disease that requires predisposing factors for its progress. presence of these factors leads to reproduction of opportunistic yeast malassezia spp.the aim of the present study was to isolate and ident...

The objective of the present study was to understand the histomorphological and quantitative characteristics of black and gray human scalp hair. A total of 440 hair samples (220 black hairs and 220 gray hairs) were collected from 22 adult Bengalee males of West Bengal, aged between 3080 years. The hair samples were washed, scanned and measured by standard techniques. Medullary index was calcula...