Published in:
01-08-2005 | Letter to the Editor
Extensive Traction Alopecia Attributable to Ponytail Hairstyle and Its Treatment with Hair Transplantation
Author:
Derya Özçelik
Published in:
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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Issue 4/2005
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Excerpt
Alopecia is experienced by both men and women in all racial and ethnic populations. It can be nonscarring or scarring alopecia. Telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, traction–chemical alopecia, and androgenetic alopecia are nonscarring alopecias, accounting for more than 90% of all causes of hair loss [
8]. Other nonscarring alopecias include trichotillomania, tinea capitis, and hair shaft abnormalities. Scarring alopecia is caused by trauma, infection, discoid lupus erythematosus, or lichen planus [
7]. …