University of Rome ("G. Marconi"), Rome, Italy.
Hairmore Hospital Beijing, Beijing, China.
Dermatol Ther. 2019 Jan;32(1):e12784. doi: 10.1111/dth.12784. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Female alopecia patients in China often present with a frontal pattern hair loss. This feature is seen less frequently in western women. Women in China frequently style their hair in a ponytail. Thus, we hypothesized that the high prevalence of frontal pattern hair loss in Chinese women is due to traction alopecia. To better understand this, we studied 43 women presenting frontal alopecia at a hair clinic. Among the women presenting frontal alopecia, 79% reported styling their hair in a ponytail four or more days per week for an average period of 10 years. To our knowledge, this is the first study to elucidate the cause of frequent frontal alopecia in Chinese women. Although cultural style changes are difficult to change, we believe that awareness of the medical implications of frequent ponytail styling will reduce the rate of frontal alopecia among Chinese women.
中国女性脱发患者常表现为额部脱发。这种特征在西方女性中较少见。中国女性经常将头发扎成马尾辫。因此，我们假设中国女性高发的额部脱发是由于牵拉性脱发引起的。为了更好地理解这一点，我们研究了在一家毛发诊所就诊的 43 名患有额部脱发的女性。在这些患有额部脱发的女性中，79%的人报告说每周有四到五天将头发扎成马尾辫，平均持续时间为 10 年。据我们所知，这是首次阐明中国女性频繁额部脱发的原因的研究。虽然文化发型的改变是困难的，但我们相信，对频繁扎马尾辫的医学影响的认识将降低中国女性额部脱发的发生率。
