Permanent poliosis following repetitive plucking in an adolescent.
OBJECTIVE
poliosis is an inherited or acquired loss of pigment from a group of closely positioned hair follicles characterized by a patch of white hair. It is commonly seen in vitiligo, piebaldism, Waardenburg syndrome, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, Griscelli syndrome, and Apert syndrome. We investigated a male manifesting poliosis on the chin after repetitive plucking.


CONCLUSIONS
to our knowledge, poliosis induced by repeated plucking has never been documented.
Tan
Cheng
C
Department of Dermatology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiang Su Province, nanjing, China. tancheng@medmail.com.cn
Zhu
Wen-Yuan
WY
D002680:Chin; D004954:Esthetics; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology*; D006200:Hair Color; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult