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Ease up on hairstyles triggering traction alopecia: tight braids, extensions most harmful.(Clinical Rounds)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News Publication Date: 01-APR-04 Author: Lohr, Elizabeth
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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group
WASHINGTON -- Alopecia has become almost epidemic in black women, the result of hairstyles that pull too tightly on the scalp and harsh chemical treatments that damage the hair shaft and follicles, Dr. Susan C. Taylor said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
The unique structure and properties of black hair make it more susceptible to damage, breakage, thinning, and loss from direct heat, chemicals, and combing, said Dr. Taylor, director of the Skin of Color Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York....
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