Abstract

CASTANEDA GAMEROS, Paola  and  LOPEZ CORDERO, Sofía. Hair: its generalities and most common diseases. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2018, vol.61, n.3, pp.48-56. ISSN 2448-4865.

Hair pathology is often overlooked during undergraduate medical training, however because of its high prevalence in the clinical practice it is important to know the basic principles of hair growth and the most frequent pathologies that afflict this structure and how to make an adequate diagnosis and treatment for each patient.

Keywords : Hair; androgenic alopecia; alopecia areata; telogen effluvium; anagen effluvium.