Dermoscopic image of monilethrix presenting with constrictions regularly arranged along the hair shaft (DHS-patient1)
Keywords: Alopecia, Beaded hair, Child, Dermoscopy, Female, Genetic defect of hair growth, Hair, Hair loss, Hair shaft constrictions, Monilethrix, Scalp, Short brittle hair, Skin of colour, Trichoscopy
The hair follicle is the structure of skin from which the hair shaft emerges. The hair shaft grows from germinative cells in the hair bulb deep within the dermis.
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