Hair follicles are one of the few immunoprivileged parts of the body -- that is, they are protected from the immune system so the body doesn't treat them as foreign and attack them. Researchers ...
In Part I of the review (July/August 2004), the anatomy of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases leading to hair loss, and nonscarring alopecias were discussed. In this article (Part ...
In this article (Part I of II), the structure and function of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases causing hair loss, and the most common nonscarring alopecias (telogen effluvium ...