Srisukhirthi S, Kuruvila Sheela, Ramamurthy Parthasarathy
Department of Dermatology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.
Int J Trichology. 2023 Sep-Oct;15(5):218-220. doi: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_76_22. Epub 2024 Jul 11.
Trichotillomania is nonscarring alopecia with recurrent pulling out of one's hair and repeated attempts to reduce hair pulling. Clinical improvement in the urge to pull out hairs in trichotillomania is often not quantifiable and based on unreliable history. Here, we present a case of trichotillomania with follow-up features on trichoscopy during treatment. By this, we propose trichoscopy as an objective tool to visualize clinical improvement in the urge to pull out hairs and assess treatment efficacy.
拔毛癖是一种非瘢痕性脱发，表现为反复拔除自己的毛发，并多次试图减少拔毛行为。拔毛癖患者拔毛冲动的临床改善往往难以量化，且基于不可靠的病史。在此，我们报告一例拔毛癖病例，展示其治疗期间的毛发镜随访特征。据此，我们提出毛发镜可作为一种客观工具，用于观察拔毛冲动的临床改善情况并评估治疗效果。
