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Hair is an appendage of the epidermis of the skin and a characteristic of
Mammals. It has different functions in different mammals. In human beings its
importance more seen as for appearances. Regardless of its ethnic origin, it
exhibits common morphology. Its morphology includes the dead keratin structure
which is visible above the skin called the hair shaft and its origin in the
hair follicle in the deep dermis. In Dermatology practice, patients present
with hair fall, hair loss, mostly women. At present, practices for visits to
the beauty parlours for hair dyes, straightening, ironing are in the vogue
besides hair drying by blow dryers common. Heat has been found to damage the
hair resulting in high breakability index leading to hair fall. The
presentation deals with light microscopy, Electron microscopy evidence of heat
damaging the hair shaft.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Ram Malkani, is a Consultant at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre,
Mumbai. He is a member of several professional bodies of dermatologists and
has received numerous awards and honours. Although a practicing dermatologist,
he has an abiding interest in research, like hormonal correlates in female
patients of acne, clinical and neuro-physiological evaluation of the role
of prophylactic Corticosteroids, viral genomic drug resistance in seropositive
HIV individuals – to mention a few.
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