Hair and scalp diseases
Subtitle: medical, surgical, and cosmetic treatments
By: edited by Amy J. McMichael, Maria K. Hordinsky.
Contributors: McMichael, Amy J.; Hordinsky, Maria K.
Series: Basic and clinical dermatology -- 41
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781574448221
Subjects: Hair -- Diseases -- Treatment; Scalp -- Diseases -- Treatment; Hair Diseases -- therapy; Hair Diseases -- ethnology; Scalp Dermatoses -- ethnology; Scalp Dermatoses -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human hair / John Gray; title: Evaluation techniques / Christopher L. Gummer; title: Photographic imaging in hair loss / Douglas Canfield; title: Hair follicle anatomy in human scalp biopsies / David A. Whiting and Lady C. Dy; title: Nonmedicated grooming products and beauty treatments / Zoe Diana Draelos; title: Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis : use of medicated shampoos / Janet G. Hickman; title: Alopecia areata / Maria K. Hordinsky and Ana Paula Avancini Caramori; title: Androgenetic alopecia / Andrew G. Messenger; title: Telogen effluvium / Wilma F. Bergfeld; title: Cicatricial alopecia / Paradi Mirmirani; title: Structural hair abnormalities / Hope V. Dinh, Rodney D. Sinclair, and Jack Green; title: Scalp prostheses : wigs, hairpieces, extensions, and scalp-covering cosmetics / Ingrid E. Roseborough; title: Hair transplantation / Ron Shapiro and Valerie D. Callender; title: Alternative treatments for hair loss / Christine Jaworsky; title: Hirsutism and hypertrichosis / Katherine R. Kerchner and Amy J. McMichael; title: Light-assisted hair removal / Brian Zelickson and Lydia Sahara; title: Allergic contact dermatitis / Sharone K. Askari and Erin M. Warshaw; title: The biopsychosocial aspects of hair disease / Lucinda S. Buescher and David Resch; title: Scalp infections and infestations / Bryan K. Chen and Sheila Fallon Friedlander; title: Sources of alopecia information for physicians and patients / Jennifer Conde and Amy J. McMichael; title: Approach to the patient with alopecia / Lynne J. Goldberg.