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✔✔Eczyma - ✔✔An inflammatory, uncomfortable, and often chronic disease of the skin
characterized by moderate to severe inflammation, scaling and sometimes severe
itching.
✔✔Excoriation - ✔✔Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.
✔✔Extrinsic Factors - ✔✔Primarily environmental factors that contribute to aging and
the appearance of aging.
✔✔Sebaceous glands - ✔✔Oil glands in the skin and scalp that secrete sebum .
✔✔Keratinization - ✔✔Process of creating keratin protein. A non-living fiber.
✔✔Fissure - ✔✔A crack in the skin that penetrates the dermis. Example severely
cracked hands/lips.
✔✔COHNS elements - ✔✔The major elements that make up human hair are : Carbon,
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur
✔✔Amino acids - ✔✔Units that are joined together end to end like pop beads creating
long chains of protein .
✔✔Peptide bond - ✔✔A strong chemical bond that joins amino acids also known as an
"end bond".
✔✔Proteins - ✔✔Long, coiled complex polypeptides made of amino acids.
✔✔Polypeptide chain - ✔✔A long chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
✔✔Hydrogen bond - ✔✔A weak, physical, cross-linking side bond easily broken By
water or heat.
✔✔Salt Bond - ✔✔A weak physical cross link bond between adjacent polypeptide
chains. They depend on pH so they're easily broken by strong alkaline or acidic
solutions.
✔✔Disulfide Bond - ✔✔A strong, chemical side bond that is different from the physical
side bond of a Hydrogen or salt bond.
✔✔Wave Pattern - ✔✔The shape of the hair strand. Can be described as straight, curly,
extremely curly.
,✔✔Vellus hair - ✔✔Aka-"lanugo hair* is short, fine, unpigmented and downy hair that
appears on the body.
✔✔Terminal Hair - ✔✔Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and
bodies of males and females. Coarser than vellus hair.
✔✔Anagen Phase - ✔✔Aka-"Growth Phase" where new hair is produced.
✔✔Catagen Phase - ✔✔The brief transition period between the growth and resting
phases of a hair follicle.
✔✔Telogen Phase - ✔✔Aka-"Resting Phase"-the final phase in the hair cycle and lasts
until the fully grown hair is shed.
✔✔Androgenic alopecia - ✔✔Aka-"Androgenetic Alopecia - is hair loss characterized by
miniaturization of terminal Hair that is converted into vellus hair. Usually the result of
genetics, age, or hormonal changes.
✔✔Free radicals - ✔✔Unstable molecules that cause biochemical aging, especially
wrinkling and sagging of the skin.
✔✔Alopecia areata - ✔✔An autoimmune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles
to be mistakenly attacked by a person's own immune system.
✔✔Postpartum aloepcia - ✔✔A temporary hair loss experienced At the end of
pregnancy.
✔✔Alopecia totalis - ✔✔This hair disorder usually begins with one or more small, round,
smooth bald patches and can progress to total scalp hair loss .
✔✔Alopecia universalis - ✔✔Complete body hair loss .
✔✔Minoxidil/ Finasteride - ✔✔The only two hair loss treatments said to counter hair loss
and approved by the FDA to sale in the USA.
✔✔Canities - ✔✔Technical term for gray hair.
✔✔Ringed hair - ✔✔Is a variety of canities, characterized by alternating bands of gray
and pigmented hair throughout the length of the hair strand.
✔✔Hypertrichosis - ✔✔Aka-"Hirsutism"- A condition of abnormal growth of hair.
Characterized by the growth of terminal Hair in areas of the body that normally grows
vellus hair.
, ✔✔Trichoptilosis - ✔✔The technical term for split ends.
✔✔Trichorrhexis nodosa - ✔✔Technical term for knotted Hair. Characterized by
brittleness and the formation of nodular dwellings along the hair shaft.
✔✔Monilethrix - ✔✔Technical term for beaded hair. The hair breaks easily between the
beads or nodes.
✔✔Fragilitas crinium - ✔✔Technical term for brittle hair.
✔✔Pityriasis - ✔✔Technical term for dandruff.
✔✔Malassezia - ✔✔A naturally occurring fungus that is present on all human skin but
causes the symptoms of dandruff if it grows out of control.
✔✔Pityriasis capitis simplex - ✔✔The technical term for "classic dandruff".
Characterized by irritation, large flakes and an itchy scalp.
✔✔Pityriasis steatoides - ✔✔A more severe case of dandruff characterized by an
accumulation of greasy or waxy scales mixed with sebum that stick to the scalp in
crusts.
✔✔Tinea - ✔✔Technical term for ringworm. Characterized by itching, scales and
sometimes painful circular lesions.
✔✔Tinea capitis - ✔✔Another type of fungal infection characterized by red papules, or
spots, at the opening of the hair follicle.
✔✔Tinea favosa - ✔✔Aka- "Tinea favus"- characterized by dry, Sulfur-yellow, cup-like
crusts on the scalp called scutula
✔✔Pediculosis capitis - ✔✔The infestation of the scalp and hair with head lice.
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔A highly contagious skin disease caused by a parasite called a mite
that burrows under the skin. Vesicles ( blisters) and pustules (pimples with pus) usually
form on the scalp form irritation of the mite.
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔A Bacteria that infects the skin and scalp. Two most common
types are furuncles and carbuncles.
✔✔Herpes simplex - ✔✔Recurring viral infection that often presents a fever blister or
cold sore.