Fractured hairs
From dermoscopedia
Editor: Anna Waskiel Burnat
Trichoptilosis[edit]
- Longitudinal splitting of the distal end of hair shaft
- Unspecific manifestation of a defect in hair shaft structure
Trichoschisis or trichoclasis[edit]
- clean transverse fracture across the hair shaft
- Trichothiodystrophy, secondary to conditions that weaken the hair shaft
Broken hairs[edit]
- Irregular transverse fracture across the hair shaft
- Trichotillomania, traction alopecia, alopecia areata, tinea capitis
Golf tee hairs[edit]
- A hair with a concave distal end
- Specific for Netherton syndrome