FOLLISCOPIC EVALUATION OF HAIR CALIBER AND DENSITY IN DIFFERENT ANATOMICAL AREAS OF THE SCALP

Abstract

Hair is a physical expression of personality and social role. For many, hair is central to feeling of attractiveness and self esteem. Few previous studies also compared between 2 or 3 different scalp areas regarding density and caliber. However, in this study we compared between 5 different areas, which was not studied before. The Folliscope is a small, simple Universal Serial Bus (USB) based phototrichogram system for hair and scalp analysis, easily portable and operated by means of a computer screen as an interface, with a high definition microscopic camera and exclusive software that measures hair density, hair caliber, and export data to excel files. In the present study, we compared the mean value of hair density and caliber in 5 different anatomical scalp areas of 130 completely healthy female subjects, aged 17-35 years, using folliscope device. Fourteen locations on the scalp in 5 different scalp areas were chosen for analysis by means of the folliscope, without hair clipping or tattooing. Three points of measurements were taken in each measurement line, one point in each side of right and left temporal recession area.