Hair and Hair Diseases

1. Alopecia Areata: Pathogenesis and Clinical Picture

   • H. Gollnick, C. E. Orfanos

   Pages 529-569

2. Treatment of Alopecia Areata

   • C. Perret, R. Happle

   Pages 571-586

3. Internal Diseases Affecting Hair Growth

   • H. Zaun, C. Perret

   Pages 587-600

4. Drugs Affecting Hair Growth

   • H. F. Merk

   Pages 601-609

5. Cicatricial Alopecias

   • G. Goerz, R. Kind, P. Lehmann

   Pages 611-639

6. Seborrhoeic Dermatitis, Scalp Psoriasis and Hair

   • C. E. Orfanos, Ph. Frost

   Pages 641-661

7. Lichen Planus and Lichenoid Eruptions of the Scalp

   • J. Civatte, S. Belaïch, D. Bonvalet

   Pages 663-678

8. Follicular Mucinosis

   • K. H. Hollmann

   Pages 679-697

9. Adnexal Cysts and Tumors of the Scalp

   • E.-I Grußendorf-Conen

   Pages 699-716

10. Fungal Infections of the Scalp

    • G. Polemann

    Pages 717-739

11. Piedra

    • A. Corteś, C. E. Orfanos

    Pages 741-751

12. Trichotillomania and Related Disorders

    • S. A. Muller

    Pages 753-762

13. Paraneoplastic Changes of the Hair

    • J. J. Herzberg

    Pages 763-776

14. Hirsutism

    • M. Breckwoldt, H. P. Zahradnik, P. Wieacker

    Pages 777-789

15. Antiandrogens and Hair Growth: Basic Concepts and Experimental Research

    • F. Neumann, M. Töpert

    Pages 791-826

16. Antiandrogens: Clinical Aspects

    • J. Hammerstein

    Pages 827-886

17. Hair and Hair Cosmetics

    • C. E. Orfanos, E. Imcke

    Pages 887-925

18. Hair Dye Toxicology

    • P. G. Engasser, H. I. Maibach

    Pages 927-953

19. Chemically Induced Depigmentation of Skin and Hair

    • C. E. Searle, P. A. Riley

    Pages 955-975

20. Shampooing and Shampoos

    • M. Gloor, M. Gehse

    Pages 977-1000

Hair is the subject of this book, including the anatomy of the hair follicle, developmental stages, analyzed by light and electron microscopy, hair ultrastructure, nerve and blood supply, specialized hairs and hair organs, and a review of the present techniques to cultivate hair follicle cells in vitro. In the clinical part several chapters describe the most important diseases and possibilities for treatment. Hair care products and their toxicology are the subject of further sections. Extensive reviews of the antiandrogens, a most important group of drugs influencing hair growth, and of their clinical use in conditions such as androgenetic alopecias and hirsutism are included as well. Finally, surgical techniques for hair transplantation are discussed. This book is a standard textbook for everything pertaining to hair under normal and pathological conditions.

• Alopezie
• Dermatitis
• Haar
• Haarausfall
• Haarkrankheiten
• Haarpflege
• Haarpflegemittel-Toxizität
• Haartransplantation
• Haarwachstum
• blood
• cosmetics
• infection
• psoriasis
• skin
• surgical technique

• Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Steglitz, The Free University of Berlin, Berlin, FR Germany

  Constantin E. Orfanos

• Department of Dermatology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  Rudolf Happle

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