Scanning electron microscopic study of hair weathering

ABSTRACT

The present work aimed at evaluating the weathering changes in human hair by using a scanning electrone microscope which is a useful diagnostic tool for hair disorders. This study included 28 persons. 18 patients classified into 2 groups and 10 controls having normal hair. The first patients group included 8 children with known inherited hair shaft defects [5 with monilethrix and 3 with pilitorti]. The second patients group involved 10 females, 8 of them were suffering from broken and splitted hair ends and 2 had dry, brittle, and curly hair. This work demonstrated the weathering changes in the studied cases