Background: Alopecia Areata (AA) is a non-scarring, autoimmune disorder which causes hair loss. Inflammatory reactions are involved in hair loss of the scalp and/or body. The involvement of chemokine receptors in the pathogenesis of AA is well defined among which, CXCL1 acts on neutrophils and CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL12 and serve as T lymphocytes recruiters. Objective: To study the serum levels o...

Hair serves as a social sign of gender, age, status, values, and group membership. Hair is a major part of one's self-identity, and central to one's feeling of personal attractiveness. Treating a patient with hair loss and/or hair issues is not easy because of psychosocial overtones and patients' distress and body image concerns. In this paper, several common hair diseases will be discussed in ...

Mineral content of hair is affected by season, breed, hair color within and between breeds, sire, age and body location. Seasonal effects may be due to stage of growth of hair and to changes caused by perspiration, surface contamination and diet. Breed and sire effects on mineral content of hair complicate prediction of nutritional status based on hair analyses because, in many commercial cattl...

A nswer: Hair provides no vital function but does protect the surface of the skin, conserves body heat, and contributes to self-image. Hair is associated with femininity (e.g., long hair) and masculinity (e.g., facial hair) and, for many, closely associated with sexuality (DeVillez, 2003; Ehmann, Sheehan, & Decker, 1991). Although not considered life threatening, chemotherapy-induced hair loss ...

background: alopecia areata (aa) is a non-scarring, autoimmune disorder which causes hair loss. inflammatory reactions are involved in hair loss of the scalp and/or body. the involvement of chemokine receptors in the pathogenesis of aa is well defined among which, cxcl1 acts on neutrophils and cxcl9, cxcl10 and cxcl12 and serve as t lymphocytes recruiters. objective: to study the serum levels o...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Trichotillomania (TTM) often first presents in adolescence, a developmental period marked by vulnerability in body image. To date, no one has studied the relationship between this disorder and body esteem. METHODS 49 adolescents with DSM-IV TTM or chronic hair pulling (HP) and 23 control adolescents were administered diagnostic assessments and self-report measures of hair ...

Hair is a protective appendage on the body that is considered accessory structure of the integument. Hair follicle development takes place during fetal skin development and relies on tightly regulated ectodermal-mesodermal interactions. The morphological changes of the hair cycle have been very clear that hair morphogenesis and epidermal development are orchestrated by an array of growth factor...