Curly hair acquiredL67.

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Acquired frizzy hair; curly hair; frizzy hair; Hair crimping; kinking of the hair

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Acquired (see also frizzy hair syndrome, with frizzy hair - woolly hair, curly hair- as a symptom in complex malformation syndromes) hair condition with frizzed hair shafts. Hair usually lacks shine, is rough and cannot be styled. The curly hair can be based on different hair shaft anomalies like: Pili torti, Pili canaliculi. Curly hair can also appear as an isolated, circumscribed malformation of the scalp (see curly hair nevus below).

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

Acquired frizzy hair (hair curl) may occur in connection with the ingestion of various drugs. Medication. These include
:alitretinoin, tretinate, isotretinoin, valproic acid, indinavir, EGFR tyrosinase inhibitors (gefitinib, erlotinib). An idiopathic hair curl in healthy adolescents has also been described. Hair crimping is still a phenomenon observed in regrowing hair after cytostatic therapy.

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  2. Herink C et al (2015) Development of curly hair under systemic therapy with alitretinoin. dermatologist 66: 617-619
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  4. Zheng S et al (2009) Gefitinib-induced hair alterations. BMJ Case Rep. doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0878.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020