Banky Jeremy P, Sheridan Adam T, Dawber Rodney P R
Department of Dermatology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Headington, Oxford, UK.
Australas J Dermatol. 2004 Aug;45(3):186-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00087.x.
A 74-year-old woman presented with an 18-month history of broken vertex scalp hairs as a consequence of chronic rubbing. Light microscopy of the 1-2 cm hairs demonstrated distal brush-like splitting. Education and behavioural therapy were instituted. After 4 months of reduced rubbing of the vertex scalp hairs, the hairs re-grew with no evidence of persistent hair shaft abnormality.