Abstract
Normal hair shafts are uniform in thickness and color. Trichoscopy allows detection of several hair shaft abnormalities, including various types of fractured hairs, hairs with narrowings, hairs with node-like structures, twisted or curled hairs, hairs with bands, and short hairs. In this chapter, we propose a classification of hair shaft abnormalities that may be detected by trichoscopy.
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Rudnicka, L. et al. (2012). Hair Shafts. In: Rudnicka, L., Olszewska, M., Rakowska, A. (eds) Atlas of Trichoscopy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4486-1_2
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