Hair and Hair Diseases

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.