Hair Evaluation
The degree of coarseness or fineness of hair.
What is texture?
The technical term for hair loss.
What is alopecia?
bands of alternating grey and dark hair.
What is ringed hair?
Knotted hair.
What is trichorrhexis Nodosa?
Pityriasis
What is dandruff?
The number of active hair follicles per square inch on the scalp.
What is Density?
The most common type of alopecia.
What is androgenetic alopecia?
Grey Hair.
What is canities?
Beaded Hair.
What is monilethrix?
Another name for Ringworm
What is tinea?
The amount of moisture able to be absorbed by hair.
What is porosity?
Hair loss in patches.
What is alopecia areata?
Excessive amounts of hair.
What is hypertrichosis?
Fragilitus crinium
What is split hair ends?
Caused by the itch mite.
What are scabies?
The ability of hair to stretch and return to its natural state.
What is elasticity?
Premature shedding of hair in the resting phase.
What is telogen effluvium?
Another name for hypertrichosis.
What is hirsuities?
Excessive hair matting.
What is pilica polonica?
Another name for head lice.
What is pediculosis?
Another name for elasticity.
What is resiliency?
Cause of Traction or traumatic alopecia.
What is pulling or twisting?
Trichoptilosis.
What are split ends?
Due to excessive stretching or traction.
What is broken hair?
Honeycomb ringworm that are dry, yellow and crusty.
What is tinea favosa?