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Median canaliform nail dystrophy
Folliculitis due to hair removal
Frizzy hair of unknown cause
Anagen effluvium: hair pull
Natural hair in woman of African descent
Loose anagen hair syndrome
Relaxer used to straighten hair in woman of African descent
Excessive sweating in armpits
Loose anagen hair syndrome
Folliculitis due to hair removal
Hair shedding during chemotherapy
Idiopathic plantar hidradenitis
Osteoid osteoma (bone tumour)
Black nails with pseudomonas infection
Anagen effluvium due to cranial irradiation
Hair brushings during episode of telogen effluvium
Idiopathic plantar hidradenitis
Anagen effluvium due to cranial irradiation
Periungual pyogenic granuloma
Tufted hairs and perifollicular crusting
Poliosis in alopecia areata
Locks in woman of African descent
Alopecia areata nail pitting
Nail shedding due to lichen planus
Note the perifollicular inflammation
Poliosis due to halo naevus
Anagen effluvium: alopecia areata
Natural hair in woman of African descent
Anagen effluvium: loss of eyelashes in alopecia areata
Discoid lupus erythematosus
Resorption of distal phalanx
Graham Little syndrome. Hairless axilla
Frizzy hair of unknown cause
Tufted hairs and perifollicular erythema
Excessive use of hair dryer
Loose anagen hair syndrome
Hair lost through chemotherapy
Regrowth following patchy loss associated with itraconazole
Beaded hair or monilethrix
Relaxer used to straighten hair in woman of African descent
Female pattern alopecia. Credit Dr R Sinclair
Relaxer used to straighten hair in woman of African descent
Anagen effluvium due to cranial irradiation
Nail splitting: onychoschizia
Anagen effluvium: alopecia areata
Anagen loss during chemotherapy
Locks in woman of African descent
Natural hair twisted in woman of African descent
Pseudomonas/candida infection
Acute herpetic paronychia
White nail due to vitiligo
Anagen effluvium: lupus erythematosus
Telogen effluvium regrowth is best seen at the hairline
Anagen effluvium: loss of eyebrows in alopecia areata
Frontal fibrosing alopecia
Blue nails due to minocycline
Locks in woman of African descent
In-growing nail with granuloma formation aggravated by an oral retinoid
Natural hair twisted in woman of African descent
Nail pigmentation due to hydroxyurea
Anagen effluvium: hair pull
Beaded hair or monilethrix
Folliculitis due to hair removal
Note the zone of unsundamaged skin
Severe female pattern balding
Natural hair twisted in woman of African descent
Graham Little syndrome. Scarring alopecia of anterior scalp
Anagen effluvium: regrowth after chemotherapy with curly hair
Idiopathic plantar hidradenitis
Graham Little syndrome. Loss of hair of eyebrows
Natural hair with weaves in woman of African descent
Uncombable, spun glass hair
