Four cases of trichotillomania.
- Author:
Hak Kyu LEE
;
Yoon Whoa CHO
;
Byung In RO
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Trichotillomsnia
- MeSH:
Alopecia;
Child;
Hair;
Hair Follicle;
Humans;
Scalp;
Trichotillomania*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1993;31(3):421-425
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Trichotillomania is the cllinical syndrome of alopecia resulting from the repetative pulling, plueking and breaking of ones own hair. We report four cases of trichotillomania in 10 year old children. The lesions were limited to the scalp. All of them had psychiatric problems in the school or home according to a psychiatric consultation. The histopathologic examinatiorii revealed a normal number of hair follices, empty hair follicles and no inflammatory reaction. The treatment led to hair growth in three cases but one case did not respond to the treatment.
