Milady Standard Barbering - Chapter 10 -
Properties and Disorders of the Hair and
Scalp Exam Q’s and A’s
Alopecia - -Abnormal hair loss
- Alopecia Areata - -The sudden falling out of hair in patches or spots -
autoimmune disorder
- Alopecia prematura - -Hair loss that occurs before middle age
- Alopecia senilis - -Hair loss occurring in old age
- Alopecia syphilitica - -Hair loss as a result of syphilis
- alopecia totalis - -total loss of scalp hair
- alopecia universalis - -complete loss of body hair
- amino acids - -the building blocks of proteins
- anagen phase - -(growth phase) phase during which new hair is produced.
- androgenic alopecia - -hair loss that occurs as a result of genetics, age,
and hormonal changes; male pattern baldness
- arrector pili - -involuntary muscle fiber attached to the follicle
- Canities - -Technical term for gray hair
- Carbuncle - -The result of an acute, deep-seated bacterial infection in the
subcutaneous tissue
- catagen phase - -Transition phase of the hair growth cycle that signals the
end of the growth phase
- Cortex - -Middle layer of the hair shaft
- Cowlick - -Tuft of hair that stands straight up
- Cuticle - -Outermost layer of the hair shaft
- Cysteine - -An amino acid with a sulfur atom (S) that joins together two
peptide strands.
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