Matting of hair: a multifactorial enigma.
For matting of hair, multifactorial mechanisms are responsible. Thereby physical conditions, chemical agents and behavioural factors play the main roles. It seems evident that hair matting is not a hair disease; consequently, cutting off the affected hair and avoiding all possible trigger factors are the therapy of choice.
Al Ghani
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Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
Geilen
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Blume-Peytavi
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Orfanos
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D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology*; D006203:Hair Preparations; D006801:Humans; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013696:Temperature
D006203:Hair Preparations