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Disorders of the Eyelashes and Eyebrows

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The eyebrow and eyelashes are part of the normal aesthetic appearance of the face. The eyebrows participate in facial expression and are part of the individual identity. They also decrease sweat migration over the eyes. Disturbances of the eyebrows and eyelashes can be grouped as disorders of number and size, position, direction, pigmentation, texture, and location. There are probably several biochemical pathways that result either in hypertrichosis and hyperpigmentation or in poliosis and madarosis according their terminal melanotropic effect. The clinical disorders are specified in this chapter.

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  1. Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA

    Peter A. D. Rubin

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya and Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Zefat, Israel

    Shimon Rumelt

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University Department of Ophthalmology, Portland, OR, USA

    Daniel Albert

  2. Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA

    Joan Miller

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Dimitri Azar

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Lucy H. Young

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    Eric A. Steele

  2. Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

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Rubin, P.A.D., Rumelt, S. (2021). Disorders of the Eyelashes and Eyebrows. In: Albert, D., Miller, J., Azar, D., Young, L.H. (eds) Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90495-5_87-1

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