Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Abstract

5/2003 vol. 20

Physiology and pathology of growth and loss of human scalp hair

Post Derm Alerg 2003; XX, 5: 260-266
Online publish date: 2003/10/29
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Human hairs lost their primary function as temperature regulators, nowadays they act only partially as elements sheltering from harmful mechanical, chemical and physical events, and besides play a sexual role.
In the paper the characteristics of a human hair cycle, pathomechanism of hair loss and physiopathology of growth and loss of the human scalp hair were presented. Reasons for losing hair were discussed.
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