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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | traction_alopecia_1_080921 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC / ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 27 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | tight plaits with dramatic hair thinning | ||||
| Comments: | This 27-year-old woman complained of chronic hair thinning along the frontal scalp. She did keep her hair tightly plaided and was noted to also have some hair thinning along the perimeter of her scalp as well as along the parts. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | traction_alopecia_1_061127 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION / ALOPECIA | Category: | factitial / self Induced disorders / psychodermatosis | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 42 years | ||
| Contributor: | Marco Torres, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric decreased hair density | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 42-year-old woman kept her hair in tight pony tail for over 15 years. Although she complained of hair breakage and thinning with decreased hair density of the temporal scalp, she refused advice to change her hair style. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | traction_alopecia_1_061115 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders / factitial / self Induced disorders / psychodermatosis | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 42 years | ||
| Contributor: | Marco Torres, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric temporal hair thinning | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 42-year-old woman kept her hair in tight pony tail for over 15 years. Although she complained of hair breakage and thinning with decreased hair density of the temporal scalp, she refused advice to change her hair style. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Scalp_folliculitis_1_030502 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | IMPETIGO OF BOCKHART / ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders / infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 2 years | ||
| Contributor: | Will Sorey, MD | ||||
| Description: | tightly pulled braids with pustules and hair thinning along the parts | ||||
| Comments: | This 2-year-old girl developed pustules along the parts created by braids in her scalp. Loosening of the braids and gentle shampooing usually relieves this superficial Staphylococcal folliculitis also known impetigo of Bockhart. Note the traction alopecia as well. These children may also be prone to tinea capitis which should be excluded when local measures fail to result in clearing. This case was prepared by Bradley Burns a third year medical student at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | traction_alopecia_2_030404 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders / factitial / self Induced disorders / psychodermatosis | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / neck | Age: | 6 years | ||
| Contributor: | Donghoon Song, MD | ||||
| Description: | well defined patch of hair breakage and thinning | ||||
| Comments: | This girl's mother kept her hair in tight plaits resulting in hair breakage and thinning at the periphery of the scalp. | ||||
| Related Images: | traction_alopecia_1_030404 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | traction_alopecia_1_030404 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders / factitial / self Induced disorders / psychodermatosis | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 6 years | ||
| Contributor: | Donghoon Song, MD | ||||
| Description: | well defined patch of hair breakage and thinning | ||||
| Comments: | This girl's mother kept her hair in tight plaits resulting in hair breakage and thinning at the periphery of the scalp. | ||||
| Related Images: | traction_alopecia_2_030404 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | tractionalopecia_1_030217 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC / ALOPECIA, TRAUMATIC, TRACTION | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | hair thinning around parts, plaits, and the periphery of the scalp | ||||
| Comments: | This toddler was brought by her mother for evaluation of hair loss. She kept her hair in tight plaits resulting in hair loss at thye edges of the parts and the periphery of the scalp. A culture for tinea was negative. | ||||
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