Scalp Illnesses

Know the major diseases of the scalp:

Seborrheic dermatitis

photo: seborrhea dermatitis.

A shampoo must be used daily for an efficient removal of the oiliness and impurities of the scalp. Wash the scalp twice using the pulp of the fingers (avoid using the nails), leave it there for 2 minutes in the second time. Use cold / warm water. Water it well and after drying the hair with a towel, use the hair dryer (warm) to remove the excess of humidity. Choose the professional dryers because they produce more wind than heat. Never sleep with a wet hair or use headdress, cap or helmet with humid hair because it a hot and humid environment is up to develop funguses, which unchain the seborrheic dermatitis. You can still get LED applications (light emitted for diode), which has anti-inflammatory action, gommage (a kind of hair peeling) and application of UVA light.

Psoriases

This skin illness associated with genetic inheritance, with more frequent location in the knees and elbows, also can affect the scalp, where many times can be mistaken as seborrheic dermatitis. It takes to an intense and white scaling off which is dry and adherent exceeding the scalp limits, differently of the seborrheic dermatitis. It gets better with solar exposure and adequate handling. The armory includes shampoos with tar base and salicylic acid, that has queratolitic action (or either, they sharpen the skin), lotions of corticosteroids (anti-inflammatory) of topical application and infiltrations in the most persistent places. Other therapeutical options for the intense cases include taking compressed acitretine pills, derivative of the vitamin and the PUVA.

Areata Alopecia

Ringworm of the Scalp

Caused by different fungus that provokes located hair loss. It has the sprouting of boards that can be swollen and even infecting. The handling is simple – taking verbal antibiotic should be enough - if the problem is discovered soon. In case it’s not, it can have permanent losses of hair, mainly when the soreness is exaggerated.

Flat lichen hair

Colloidal Folliculate of the nape

  It’s a chronic infection of the pilose follicles. The most serious cases can leave fibroses or scars of the colloidal type. The acne is more frequently in men with tendency to this disturb.

Pseudopelade Brocq

  It is the common final process to some types of
Alopecia: without treatment, it can cause a thinning of the scalp’s skin (atrophy), which disables any type of Hair restoration.

heck some examples of Genetic Clutters that attacks mainly the children, sometimes since the birth but it is rare, fortunately.

Tricodistrofia

Os cabelos, cílios e sobrancelhas são curtos e quebradiços. Para o seu diagnóstico, devem ser analisados a presença de enxofre e de aminoácidos nos fios.

Pili torti

Alteração estrutural dos cabelos, em que os fios ficam quebradiços e torcidos. É sintoma de algumas síndromes.

Tricorrexis invaginata

Os cabelos têm o aspecto similar ao de um bambu. Pode estar associada a doenças genéticas em que, concomitantemente, são encontrados problemas como o ressecamento excessivo da pele.

Moniletrix

Os cabelos são quebradiços e finos e originam-se de pequenas bolinhas com cascas no couro cabeludo.

Síndrome dos cabelos impenteáveis

Surge entre a infância e a adolescência. Os cabelos têm crescimento lento, coloração prateada e são frágeis, o que torna praticamente impossível obter um aspecto ordenado.

Sindrome dos cabelos inpenteáveis. Cabelo cresce lento, com coloração prateada e frágeis