Traction Alopecia Due to Traditional Hair Styles

Krstić, A.; Konstantinović, S; Žunić, M. Z.; B, Ilić-Krstić

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-81650-5_63

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“…Traction alopecia is a common type of hair loss among individuals of sub-Saharan African lineage,[ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ] but in the present study there were no patients with tightly curled hair or of sub-Saharan African lineage. The prevalence of TA is highest among women, including children, of sub-Saharan African descent due to mechanical characteristics of their hair follicles.…”

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Traction Alopecia

Sharquie

Schwartz

Al-Janabi

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Dermatology

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Background: Traction alopecia is common and preventable but frequently overlooked disorder. Objective: To evaluate patients with traction alopecia. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted at the Dermatology Center, Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq, during the period from November 2005 to October 2019. Demographic features like age, gender, disease duration and special hair styling practices and accessories were recorded. Clinical patterns were studied. Results: Thirty female patients were included in this study. Their ages ranged from 6 to 47 years with mean age ± SD was 15.63 ± 9.806. Twenty-one (70%) were below the age of 16 years. No patient had tightly curled hair. All cases were asymptomatic apart from hair loss. The fringe sign was observed in 27 (90%) of cases. The response to therapy was poor. Conclusion: Traction alopecia is an important type of pressure-induced hair loss evident in children and adults with or without curly hair due mainly due to cultural hair styling practices with its frequency apparently increasing in recent years. The fringe sign is common and of diagnostic importance. It is a preventable form of hair loss which can be reversed if diagnosed early; otherwise, permanent scarring alopecia results. It represents a pressure phenomenon evident worldwide in both non-Sub-Saharan lineage and Sub-Saharan lineage individuals.

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Traction Alopecia

Sharquie

Schwartz

Al-Janabi

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Dermatology

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“…In 1931, Aramaki reported a similar syndrome of marginal alopecia in Japan, which he attributed to traditional hairstyles of that country and which he termed alopecia atrophica symmetrica temporalis. 9 Other investigators in that country described syndromes of marginal TA that were primarily frontal or parietal in origin, with the distribution of alopecia differing with traditional hair styles in the different regions of Japan. 9 Saboraud described frontal alopecia among French peasant women who wore their hair in tight chignons on the top of the head, which he termed alopecia liminaire frontale, though he did not attribute the hair loss to traction per se.…”

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“… 9 Other investigators in that country described syndromes of marginal TA that were primarily frontal or parietal in origin, with the distribution of alopecia differing with traditional hair styles in the different regions of Japan. 9 Saboraud described frontal alopecia among French peasant women who wore their hair in tight chignons on the top of the head, which he termed alopecia liminaire frontale, though he did not attribute the hair loss to traction per se. 7 Balina, an Argentine, was the first to propose a link between the initial stages of the disease with inflammation, pustules, and crusting and the later atrophic sequelae reported by Saboraud.…”

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Traction alopecia: the root of the problem

Billero

Miteva

2018

CCID

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Traction alopecia (TA) affects one-third of women of African descent who wear various forms of traumatic hairstyling for a prolonged period of time. The risk of TA is increased by the extent of pulling and duration of traction, as well as the use of chemical relaxation. The frequent use of tight buns or ponytails, the attachment of weaves or hair extensions, and tight braids (such as cornrows and dreadlocks) are believed to be the highest risk hairstyles. TA can also occur in the setting of religious and occupational traumatic hairstyling. In its later stages, the disease may progress into an irreversible scarring alopecia if traumatic hairstyling continues without appropriate intervention. The most common clinical presentation includes marginal alopecia and non-marginal patchy alopecia. A clue to the clinical diagnosis is the preservation of the fringe sign as opposed to its loss in frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA). Dermoscopy can be helpful in the diagnosis and can detect the ongoing traction by the presence of hair casts. Histopathology can distinguish TA from alopecia areata, FFA, and patchy central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. Currently, there is no cure. Therefore, it is imperative that clinicians educate high-risk populations about TA and those practices that may convey the risk of hair loss.

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