Abstract
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. 2018
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-99 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Skin Appendage Disorders |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2019 |
Keywords
- Alopecia
- Dermoscopy
- Hair
- Hair disorder
- Non-scarring alopecia
- Pediatric hair disease
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology