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