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Occupational Dermatosis and Eye Hazard
Published in Ronald Scott, of Industrial Hygiene, 2018
Hair problems in the workplace include hair loss or color change. These represent a very small proportion of occupational dermal problems. Alopecia (loss of hair) is caused by agents that kill the living and growing cells at the hair root. Three chemicals have most frequently been the cause of such problems: thallium (which was actually used to remove unwanted hair), chloroprene dimers, and boric acid. Loss of hair occurs on exposure to ionizing radiation, commonly seen in patients undergoing radiation treatment for cancer.
Functional ectodermal organ regeneration based on epithelial and mesenchymal interactions
Published in David M. Gardiner, Regenerative Engineering and Developmental Biology, 2017
Masamitsu Oshima, Takashi Tsuji
The bioengineered hair follicle germ and the mature bioengineered hair follicular unit could recover natural hair function and re-establish cooperation with the surrounding recipient muscles and nerve fibers. These approaches are potentially available in future hair regenerative therapy for hair loss caused by injury or by diseases such as alopecia areata and androgenic alopecia.
A comprehensive summary of disease variants implicated in metal allergy
Published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B, 2022
Alopecia areata is an immune-mediated inflammatory condition that involves the selective destruction of hair follicles in afflicted subjects. The disorder manifests equally amongst male and female subjects, and has been associated with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1.7% (Conde-Taboada et al. 2007). Several different subsets of the disease were identified, and while unique clinical characteristics are implicated in each disease variant, all forms of alopecia areata involve either autoimmune- or hypersensitivity-mediated inflammatory reactions.
Artificial intelligence (AI) based system for the diagnosis and classification of scalp health: AI-ScalpGrader
Published in Instrumentation Science & Technology, 2023
Jeong-Il Jeong, Dong-Soon Park, Ji-Eun Koo, Woo-Sang Song, Duck-Jin Pae, Hwa-Jung Choi
Scalp disorders may be short-term or chronic.[4] Stress, abuse of hair products, and harmful exposure to the environment may degrade hair texture and cause allergies, as well as hair breakage and loss.[5] Scalp problems include alopecia areata (AA), dandruff, and seborrheic dermatitis.[6] Dandruff is excessive flaking of the scalp and and may be accompanied by itch.[7]