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Pull Test and Trichogram
Published in Rubina Alves, Ramon Grimalt, Techniques in the Evaluation and Management of Hair Diseases, 2021
Cristina Serrano Falcon, Nelly Espinoza, Daniela Guzman
Female pattern hair loss is associated with other androgen-dependent signs. The signs of androgenization, at the systemic level, are included in the “Triple M”, and at the pilosebaceous unit level, as defined by the acronym SAHA.
Role of Wild Plants in Curing and Healing the Skin Diseases
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Wild Plants, 2020
Mudassar Mehmood, Rao Zahid Abbas
Seed oil is utilized to treat scabies and infection. It is also applied to the head to advance hair development. Delicate leaves are bitten to control allergies (Bhowmik et al 2010). For the treatment of wounds, leaf glue is topically connected to them. Dandruff and loss of hair are also treated by its leaf paste (Lodha 2019). A paste of the leaf mixed with turmeric powder is externally applied to treat skin infections, smallpox, and chickenpox (Pai et al. 2004). Flowers of Azadirachta indica boiled in gingelly oil are applied on the head against dandruff once a day after taking bath till recovery (Niharika et al. 2010). Gum of Azadirachta indica is mostly successful against skin infections, such as ringworms, scabies, wounds, and ulcers. A glue arranged with neem and turmeric was observed to be successful in the treatment of scabies. With no unfavorable impacts, the glue was found to fix scabies within 3 to 15 days (Charles and Charles 1992). The biological action of neem is usually finished with its unrefined concentrates just as its various parts from leaf, bark, root, seed, and oil (Anyaehie 2009). The chloroform concentrates of stem bark chiefly demonstrated calming activities. This concentrate is compelling against carrageenan–incited paw edema in rodent and mouse-ear irritation (Mahabub et al. 2009). Fiery stomatitis in kids is relieved by its bark separately (Reardon 2016).
Components of Nutrition
Published in Christopher Cumo, Ancestral Diets and Nutrition, 2020
Proteins perform crucial functions. For example, insulin, mentioned earlier and having fifty-one amino acids, is the hormone that tells cells to admit glucose.69 In this way, insulin regulates the amounts of glucose inside and outside cells. Insulin also regulates glucose by telling the liver to store excess for release when the sugar becomes scarce in blood. Heme proteins, defined by the presence of iron (Fe), shuttle molecules and electrons throughout the body. Hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells, brings oxygen to cells and removes carbon dioxide for transport to the lungs. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, though human respiration emits little compared to factories and automobiles. The protein keratin helps form hair and skin. Proteins known as enzymes catalyze the body’s reactions. For example, enzymes pepsin and trypsin aid protein digestion by catalyzing cleavage of amino acid peptide bonds, mentioned earlier. Integral to the immune system, proteins that combat pathogens are known as antibodies. Attention has focused on the protein interferon, which targets viruses.
Successful treatment of hereditary hypotrichosis simplex by platelet rich plasma injection with topical minoxidil 2%
Published in Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2023
Wafaa M. Ramadan, Arwa M. Hassan, Esraa E. El-Hawary, Nesrin S. Gomaa
Hypotrichosis simplex is a rare hereditary hair disorder which is manifested by either isolated scalp hair affection or involves or body hair. The condition usually starts in the first decade of life. Diagnosis and treatment of HHS is challenging and in the absence of genetic testing, diagnosis of HHS is established by exclusion. Short hair occurs with different etiological background; it can be due to shaft breakage, falling at certain length or true inability to grow normal healthy hair. Good examination of other ectodermal tissues is mandatory to exclude other syndromes e.g. ectodermal dysplasia. Other metabolic disorders may give the same picture of fine hair. Some acquired disorders should be ruled out e.g. loose anagen syndrome which differs in the easily pulled hairs as well as hair bulb abnormalities (3).
Preparation and optimization of aloe ferox gel loaded with Finasteride-Oregano oil nanocubosomes for treatment of alopecia
Published in Drug Delivery, 2022
Khaled M. Hosny, Waleed Y. Rizg, Eman Alfayez, Samar S. Elgebaly, Abdulmohsin J. Alamoudi, Raed I. Felimban, Hossam H. Tayeb, Rayan Y. Mushtaq, Awaji Y. Safhi, Majed Alharbi, Alshaimaa M. Almehmady
Alopecia is a common disorder that results in hair loss in one or more areas of the body. This condition can manifest in a variety of ways depending on the severity and area affected, ranging from isolated or multiple small patches (Alopecia areata) to a diffuse hair loss on the scalp (Alopecia totalis) or on the entire body skin (Alopecia universalis) (Alopecia universalis) (Amin & Sachdeva, 2013; Safavi et al., 1995). Any hair-bearing area could be impacted by Alopecia, but the scalp is the most prominent part. Alopecia affects 2% of population with no perceivable difference between men and women (Lee et al., 2020). Despite the fact that the underlying causes of Alopecia remain an unknown, several studies have suggested that environmental, immunologic, and genetic factors may play a role in its progress (Darwin et al., 2018). Furthermore, the relationship between the microbial population that inhabits the scalp and hair growth abnormalities such as Alopecia areata (AA) has recently been the focus of attention among researchers and clinicians (Constantinou et al., 2021). It has recently been established that the bacteria Propionibacterium acnes is involved in the pathogenesis of AA (Wang et al., 2012).
Hair cortisol levels in posttraumatic stress disorder and metabolic syndrome
Published in Stress, 2020
Leigh Luella van den Heuvel, Tobias Stalder, Stéfan du Plessis, Sharain Suliman, Clemens Kirschbaum, Soraya Seedat
A hair questionnaire, designed for this study, assessed hair characteristics and hair care practices. Hair-related variables reported in this manuscript include (i) whether natural hair color is black, (ii) whether hair had been chemically treated in the prior three months (including coloring, relaxing and perming), (iii) the frequency of hair washing (two or more times a week, once a week, less frequent than once a week), (iv) whether any additional hair products had been used in the prior three months (such as hair styling and care products, e.g. gels, oils and creams), and (v) average hours per day that hair was exposed to sunlight (less than 1 h, 1–2 h, more than 2 h). Additional hair-related factors included the season of sampling and the duration of sample storage (less than 1 year, 1–2 years, 2–3.5 years).