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Background: Pubic hair removal (PHR) is common among women in the United States, and understanding current practices is important for public health efforts. The most recent national study focusing on U.S. women's PHR habits and their correlates was conducted over a decade ago. Objectives: The current study aims to provide an updated understanding of PHR practices among U.S. women, examining prevalence, methods, frequency, and motivations. We also examine characteristics of women who choose to remove their pubic hair. Design: A cross-sectional, nationally representative survey administered in Spring 2023 via Ipsos KnowledgePanel. Methods: Women (N = 522, ages 18–85 years) responded to items inquiring about their demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, and social media use, as well as methods, prevalence, and motivations associated with PHR. We examine various demographic and behavioral correlates of lifetime and recent PHR among women. Results: Findings reveal that the majority of U.S. women have removed their pubic hair at some point in their lifetime, and almost half have done so within the past month. Frequency and preferred styles of PHR varied among women, indicating a wide range of individual preferences. Among top motivating factors for PHR were perceived cleanliness, comfort, and wanting to look good in a bikini. Race, age, and history of sexual activity were all statistically significant predictors of lifetime and recent PHR. Conclusions: Findings from the current study may assist skincare professionals in better addressing patient/client PHR needs and concerns while promoting health. Studies should continue examining trends in PHR over time, its relation to societal perceptions of beauty, and its implications for health and well-being. Plain language summary: Pubic hair removal practices among U.S. women Pubic hair removal (PHR) is a common practice among women in the United States, and it's important for public health experts to understand current habits. Since the last national study on this topic was conducted a decade ago, the goal of this research was to update our knowledge of how and why U.S. women remove their pubic hair, along with examining which personal characteristics are related to a higher likelihood of women's PHR. We surveyed 522 women aged 18 to 85 across the U.S. in Spring 2023 using Ipsos KnowledgePanel. We asked about their backgrounds, sexual behaviors, social media use, and their methods, frequency, and reasons for PHR. Our findings show that a majority of U.S. women have removed their pubic hair at some point, and nearly half have done so within the past month. Frequency and preferred styles vary, reflecting individual preferences. Most common reasons for PHR included feeling cleaner, more comfortable, and wanting to look good in swimsuit. We found that race, age, and sexual history significantly influenced women's likelihood of PHR in their lifetime and in the past month. Understanding these practices can help skincare professionals better meet the needs of their patients and clients, promoting women's overall health. Moving forward, it is important for studies to continue monitoring PHR trends among women, exploring its connection to evolving societal beauty norms and examining its impacts on health and well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article concerns how the normative matter of body hair is playfully encountered within a theatre practice for teenage girls. By working with Deleuzian-inspired theories, playfulness is understood as embodied doings, interwoven with the local context. The article explores how playfulness is enacted in relation to the everyday, in particular body hair removal. The analysis shows how playfulness is an ambiguous feature enacted together with bodies, affects and materialities. Moreover, playfulness became both a restricting and a transformative force reproducing the already known while also opening up a critical approach of playing with the violent aspects of hair removal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to assess the potential of a multidimensional approach to differentiate body hairs based on their physico-chemical properties and whether body hairs can replace the use of scalp hair in studies linked to forensic and systemic intoxication. This is the first case report controlling for confounding variables to explore the utility of multidimensional profiling of body hair using synchrotron synchrotron microbeam X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) for longitudinal and hair morphological region mapping) and benchtop methods, including attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) (complemented with chemometrics analysis), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) (complemented with heatmap analysis), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis (complemented by descriptive statistics) to profile different body hairs in terms of their elemental, biochemical, thermal, and cuticle properties. This multidimensional approach provided supportive information to emphasize the intricate and rather complex interplay between the organization and levels of elements and biomolecules within the crystalline and amorphous matrix of different body hairs responsible for the differences in physico-chemical properties between body hairs that are predominantly affected by the growth rate, follicle or apocrine gland activity, and external factors such as cosmetic use and exposure to environmental xenobiotics. The data from this study may have important implications for forensic science, toxicology and systemic intoxication, or other studies involving hair as a research matrix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sanusi Umar,1– 3 Boudine Lohlun,4 Tayfun Ogozuglu,5 Marissa J Carter6 1Department of Medicine, Dermatology Division, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Division of Dermatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA; 3Dr. U Hair and Skin Clinic, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA; 4HairFront Clinic, Cape Town, South Africa; 5Dr. T Hair Transplant, Istanbul, Turkey; 6Strategic Solutions, Inc., Bozeman, MT, USACorrespondence: Sanusi UmarDr. U Hair and Skin Clinic, 2121 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266, USATel +1-310-318-1500Fax +1-310-318-1590Email drumar@dru.comPurpose: A challenge in follicular unit excision (FUE) is the lack of a single device that can adequately meet the requirements of a range of patient donor variables, such as hair curliness, race, body and head hair locations, and non-shaven short- and long-hair FUE. This study aimed to describe a novel FUE device developed based on skin responsiveness to serve as a single all-purpose FUE donor harvester.Patients and Methods: We describe an all-purpose FUE device that consists of an all-purpose punch and a functionally complementing punch driver. The mechanism of action and method of use are reported. Several patients with a diversity of FUE challenges for three experienced FUE practitioners using the novel device are presented using photos and videos. The practitioners also reported their comparative experiences with using prior FUE systems in similar situations.Results: The novel device demonstrated success in a variety of FUE scenarios without requiring specialized provider skills. The device responds to changing skin firmness and thickness, which are the primary causes of inconsistent performance in FUE devices between patients and within patients from one body/head area to another. It also minimized challenges of unpredictable hair curliness and angles by its innate ability to self-navigate the subsurface course of hair follicles, to which the FUE practitioner is typically blinded.Conclusion: We describe a novel FUE device that overcomes the challenges of previous FUE technologies and has potential applicability to a diverse range of FUE scenarios. Our experience suggests that further validation is warranted.Keywords: follicular unit extraction, hair transplant, African American, long hair, curly hair, body hair, non-shaven

Lichen planopilaris is a rare inflammatory condition that is also known as follicular lichen planus. Although the condition commonly affects the scalp, it sometimes involves the other regions of the body with a variety of clinical presentations. The involvement beyond the scalp is considered to be a generalized nature of disease process. In this report, we present a case of generalized follicular lichen planus in a 34-year-old Thai female presenting with comedone-like lesions on the trunk and extremities as well as scarring alopecia on the scalp. Dermoscopic features were also discussed.

Trichostasis spinulosa (TS) is a follicular disorder characterized by the retention of multiple vellus hairs in a hyperkeratotic dilated hair follicle. TS is considered as a common disorder; however, it is often underdiagnosed due to its asymptomatic nature. Although the condition frequently affects the face or extremities, the widespread distribution of TS over the entire body has been once reported in a patient with chronic renal failure. To emphasize the infrequent presentation of TS, we herein report a 57-year-old male with an unusual location of TS.

In a doping case, a top athlete challenged an anti-doping rule violation, involving molidustat. Molidustat is a stabilizing agent of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) recently developed. It is currently undergoing clinical trials for anemia associated with chronic kidney disease. HIF stabilizers are banned at all times by the World Anti-Doping Agency (class S2). Because of their pharmacological proprieties, these new drugs can enhance athletic performance. The athlete's defense wanted to analyze multiple keratinized matrices as they allow long-term investigations. Requests concerning HIF stabilizers are constantly growing. We have therefore developed a liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry method to identify and quantify three molecules of this class: molidustat, vadadustat, and roxadustat. Thirty milligrams of keratinized matrices were incubated in 1 mL of pH 8.4 diammonium hydrogen phosphate buffer for 16 h at 40°C with 1 ng of testosterone-D3, used as internal standard. After extraction with ethyl acetate/diethyl ether (80/20), the organic phase was evaporated, and the dry residue was reconstituted in 30 μL of initial phase. The method was linear from 5 to 1000 pg/mg for the three analytes. Limits of quantification were 2, 0.5, and 5 pg/mg for molidustat, roxadustat, and vadadustat, respectively. The analysis of the athlete's head hair (collected 1 month after the urine test) showed a concentration of molidustat of 135 pg/mg, and his beard hair and his fingernails clippings contained 55 and 40 pg/mg, respectively., (© 2024 The Author(s). Drug Testing and Analysis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

The biological effects of direct current (DC) and extremely low frequency (ELF) electric fields (EFs) have not been completely clarified. However, scholars have proposed that body hair movement on the body surface in the EFs triggers these effects. The electric forces in DC or alternating current (AC) EFs have been discussed, and a theoretical equation has been proposed, which considers either AC or DC EFs only. In contrast, superimposed EFs combining DC and AC EFs, inducing changes in the electric force, are widely used in the industry. In this regard, the biological effects of the EFs could be understood better by considering the superimposed conditions. This study generalizes a theoretical equation to include the superimposed EFs and calculate the electric force change acting on body hair with respect to the AC/DC ratio. The results show that the electric force that is acting on body hair changes with the AC/DC ratio of the superimposition, even when the total root mean square value is constant. Moreover, there is an optimal ratio for maximizing the electric force. This study could provide insights for an in‐depth understanding of the biological effects of EFs if the results of the developed equation are studied in conjunction with the actual effects. © 2021 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the late 90s, hair testing for anabolic steroids in humans has found numerous forensic, clinical, and anti‐doping applications. In most cases, analyses were performed on head hair, collected in the vertex regions. However, for various reasons (shaved subject, bald subject, religious belief, cosmetic treatment and aesthetic reason), hair collectors can face the lack of head hair, and therefore, body hair can be the unique alternative choice. Although there is no possibility to perform segmental analyses with body hair, their use has two major advantages: (1) In most cases, anabolic steroids are more concentrated in body hair when compared with head hair, which allows detecting abuse at lower frequency and for lower dosages; and (2) the window of drug detection is generally much longer in body hair when compared with head hair, particularly in male athlete presenting short head hair. To document the relevance of simultaneous collection of head and body hair, the authors present eight authentic cases of anabolic steroids abuse, including clostebol (one case), drostanolone (one case), metandienone (one case), 19‐norandrostenedione (one case), stanozolol (two cases) and trenbolone (three cases). In all cases, body hair concentrations were higher than head hair concentrations. Even in three cases, no steroid was identified in head hair, although present in body hair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lichen planopilaris is a rare inflammatory condition that is also known as follicular lichen planus. Although the condition commonly affects the scalp, it sometimes involves the other regions of the body with a variety of clinical presentations. The involvement beyond the scalp is considered to be a generalized nature of disease process. In this report, we present a case of generalized follicular lichen planus in a 34-year-old Thai female presenting with comedone-like lesions on the trunk and extremities as well as scarring alopecia on the scalp. Dermoscopic features were also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract We show that respiratory cycle provides a periodic traction force for the production of belly button lint or navel fluff. The relative motion induced between clothing and skin, during breathing, transports the clothing fibers over the abdominal skin via an asymmetric sliding mechanism effected by the specific orientation of the cuticle scales of body hair. The source of these fibers can be the piece of clothing worn adjacent the navel area or the drying towel used after shower. The ratchet like topology of hair surface ensures a net unidirectional transport of these fibers. Since the predominant direction of growth of hair in the abdomen is toward the navel, this unidirectional transport leads to a perpetual accumulation of fibers in the navel over the course of the day. By analyzing the force balance on a moving fiber and the transport dynamics of its number density distribution, we develop a mathematical model to describe the accretion rate of lint fibers in the navel.

In order to re-evaluate the constraints imposed by literary censorship to writers and painters after the Renaissance until the Restauration and Orleanist monarchy, we offer this comparative analysis of the treatment of hair, hair style, body hair in Balzac's La Comédie humaine where Balzac has to restrain himself to reach success and in his Contes drôlatiques, which takes place in the medieval period and the Renaissance, and emulates the language and crudity of the time. Balzac's point of view is particularly interesting first because he is quite knowledgeable of literary and artistic expressions during the medieval age and the Renaissance with Aretino and Rabelais, and second because he lived during the time when the daguerreotype appeared and made possible the representation of the body as it is, attempt that the anatomists of the Renaissance had also played with. However, with their droll stories, neither was Rabelais an anatomist nor was Balzac a common man. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Trichostasis spinulosa (TS) is a follicular disorder characterized by the retention of multiple vellus hairs in a hyperkeratotic dilated hair follicle. TS is considered as a common disorder; however, it is often underdiagnosed due to its asymptomatic nature. Although the condition frequently affects the face or extremities, the widespread distribution of TS over the entire body has been once reported in a patient with chronic renal failure. To emphasize the infrequent presentation of TS, we herein report a 57-year-old male with an unusual location of TS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is recognized to represent a generalized process of inflammatory scarring alopecia. Apart from the classic form affecting the frontal hairline, there are a range of disease manifestations involving loss of eyebrows and of eyelashes, loss of peripheral body hair, 'brosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, facial and extrafacial skin, mucous membrane, and nail involvement. Classic linear, diffuse "zigzag", pseudo "fringe sign", androgenetic alopecia-like, cockade-like, ophiasis-like and incomplete patterns are distinguished. The aetiology of FFA remains obscure, but a number of pathogenetic hypotheses and treatments to halt disease progression have been proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Congenital atrichia with papular lesions is a rare, autosomal recessive and irreversible form of total alopecia of the body hair characterized by hair loss soon after birth and the development of keratin-filled cysts or horny papules over extensive areas of the body. The condition is associated with a mutation of the human hairless gene on chromosome region 8p12. We report a 1-year-old boy presenting with the absence of scalp and body hair since birth. On examination, he had complete absence of hair on the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Multiple, discrete, pearly-to-skin-colored papules of 1-3mm in size were present over the scalp. The skin biopsy from a scalp papule revealed normal overlying epidermis with multiple keratin cysts and hypoplastic hair follicles in the upper dermis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of a novel diode system emitting 755 nm wavelength with conventional 755 nm alexandrite laser in skin types III and IV. It was a randomized, right-left comparison, assessor-blind, clinical study. Sixteen female volunteers age 29.52 ± 9.52 were randomly assigned to receive six treatment sessions using 755 nm diode laser on one axilla and 755 nm alexandrite on the opposite axilla. Efficacy was assessed by counting of hairs per square centimeter, 6 months after the last treatment. Treatment outcome was also evaluated by blind reviewing of before and after pictures, using Physician Global Assessment scale (GAS). Subject satisfaction was assessed using visual analogue scale (VAS), pain level and adverse effects were recorded. Skin biophysical parameters (transepidermal water loss, skin sebum, and erythema index) were also measured. Significant reduction in hair count was observed, 6 months after the last treatment session, for both devices (- 33% for 755 nm diode and - 35% for 755 nm alexandrite; p value = 0.85). The mean GAS score was 2.66 for alexandrite treated side vs. 2.00 for diode treated side (p value = 0.036). No severe adverse events were reported. The subject satisfaction score was significantly higher after treatment with alexandrite laser. No significant changes were detected in none of skin biophysical parameters. 755 nm diode laser is suitable for hair removal procedures and it is as effective and safe as the 755 nm alexandrite laser in skin types III-IV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that human body hair is a rare thing as it has been flattered and deified in certain cultures and throughout certain eras and belittled and "tortured" in others. Topics include considered that hair never fails to represent a trusted cultural barometer as discussing this topic and its multiple meanings is prolific, for the simple reason that several fields of study come together here.

This article is about the shared experience of two visual artists that chose to collaborate on multiple projects. Their individual stories crossed in Austin, Texas, a city that has been hosting them for a few years, and were connected thanks to their similar way of seeing and living certain social mechanisms. Their first project embraces the concept of proxemics and how different cultures manage interpersonal spaces. The two artists come from different geographic zones and together, with the artwork At Arm's Length, they analyze the dynamics of their arrival to Austin from the point of view of their interactions with others. Their second project is a work in progress. Through a series of questions directed to a certain group of women, the artists are questioning the meaning of the female's body hair in our society. The focus is placed on these female subjects that made the decision to let their body hair grow full length. Through the statements of the interviewees, Ana and Veronica investigate what, for them, is one of the greatest limitations/dilemmas in accepting the female figure in its entirety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Clomiphene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. It is indicated for the treatment of female infertility issues but in sport, it can be misused to stimulate endogenous testosterone secretion in men. Therefore, it has been prohibited at all times by the World Anti-doping Agency. The aim of this study was to get data to be able to interpret concentrations in athletes. A healthy volunteer (male, 62 years-old) ingested a single therapeutic dose of clomiphene (Clomid™, 50 mg). Strands of hair (blond, 4 cm) were collected one month after the ingestion. Body hair (beard, axillary, pubic and chest hair), and finger and toenails were collected over 4–5 months. A previous method was modified to identify and quantify clomiphene in keratinous matrices. 30 mg of specimen were sonicated and incubated in 1 mL of methanol, in presence of 200 pg of clomiphene-D 5 (internal standard). After centrifugation and evaporation of the organic phase, the samples were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. Linearity was verified in hair and nail clippings between 1 and 500 pg/mg. The limits of detection and quantification were determined at 0.3 and 1 pg/mg respectively. The study demonstrated that clomiphene tested positive in all the analyzed specimens at 9 pg/mg in head hair, from 28 to 486 pg/mg (body hair) and from 4 to 57 pg/mg (nails). Clomiphene was identified for the first time in multiple keratinous matrices. This study demonstrated that a single oral therapeutic dose is detectable in keratinous matrices over a long period of time. • A single dose of clomiphene (50 mg) is detectable in head hair, body hair and nail clippings. • A single therapeutic dose is detectable for a long period in keratinous matrices. • Higher concentrations of clomiphene are identified in body hair than in head hair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender equality remain. Underlying both the dominant gender equality rhetoric and feminist activism is a neoliberal, postfeminist sensibility that all are free to choose their most preferred body practices and that empowerment is a fact. There are, however, more subtle indications that young people's views of body hair practices, hinging around binaristic gender norms, are more ambivalent than that. This paper investigates how body hair practices are performed among young Icelandic people. The theoretical framework draws on feminist, poststructuralist, and affect theories. The data was collected between 2012 and 2016 and consists of semi-structured interviews with young women and men, group interviews with five young women based on co-operative inquiry, and an instrumental case study focusing on the issue of body hair practices. The analysis shows that shame and disgust remain entangled with practices around body hair among both men and women. It is gendered in that women's bodies are under more surveillance than men's. The paper concludes that, notwithstanding feminist activism and gender equality rhetoric, policing around body hair practices still exists in contemporary Icelandic society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To determine, in vivo, the density, growth rate and percentage of anagen phase follicles of body hairs present on five different skin sites (axilla, cheek, chin, leg, upper‐lip) of women and men from four different ethnics (African, Caucasian, Chinese, North African). The same characteristics of terminal hairs from the nape of all subjects were recorded as references. Methods: The photo‐trichogram technique was used on all skin sites (of different sizes) at variable times (2 or 3 days) post shaving of small skin areas (a few cm2). Digital photographs were then analysed through a dedicated software that allows to record the density of body hairs (N cm−2), the % of growing hairs (Anagen phase) and their growth rates (in μm day−1). Results: The densities of terminal hairs (on nape) found on all subjects were similar to those previously observed on much larger populations. The same ranking of a decreased density of body hairs in the five skin sites was observed in men, irrespective with ethnics. Body hairs seem homogeneously distributed among ethnics on armpit and leg with slight gender‐related differences. In men, a significantly higher anagen phase percentage (> 85%) is found on terminal hairs, cheek and upper‐lip region in Caucasians and North Africans, as compared to African and Chinese men. The technique used cannot precisely determine the very thin hairs present on the faces of all women. The anagen phase percentage appears higher in all women on leg and armpit. Hair body growth rates ranged from 180 to 485 μm day−1 and were found, on axilla, close to those of terminal hairs. Conclusion: The abundance of body hairs, in the studied skin sites, appears similar, irrespective with ethnic groups, whereas their functional characteristics (anagen ratio, growth rate) are more driven by individual/gender influences. Résumé: Objectif: Déterminer, in vivo, la densité, la vitesse de pousse et le pourcentage de follicules en phase anagènes des poils corporels présents sur 5 sites cutanés différents (l'aisselle, la joue, le menton, la jambe, la lèvre supérieure) de femmes et d'hommes issus de 4 groupes ethniques différents (Africain, Caucasien, Chinois, Nord‐africain). Ces mêmes caractéristiques ont été enregistrées pour les cheveux (poils terminaux) en nuque de tous les sujets en tant que références. Méthodes: la technique du photo‐trichogramme a été utilisée sur tous les sites cutanés (de tailles différentes) après un temps variable (2 ou 3 jours) suivant le rasage de petites zones cutanées (quelques cm−2). Les photographies numériques ont été alors analysées par un logiciel spécifique qui permet d'enregistrer la densité de poils corporels (N.cm−2), le pourcentage de poils en phase de croissance (la phase Anagène) et leur vitesse de pousse (en µm/jour). Résultats: la densité de cheveux (en nuque) trouvée sur tous les sujets était semblable à celle précédemment observée sur des populations beaucoup plus larges. On retrouve chez les hommes le même classement entre les 5 sites cutanés en termes de densité de poils corporels, indépendamment du groupe ethnique étudié. Les poils corporels semblent distribués de manière homogène parmi les membres d'un groupe ethnique sur l'aisselle et la jambe avec des légères différences liées au genre. Chez les hommes, les Caucasiens et les Nord‐Africains présentent un pourcentage de poils terminaux en phase anagène significativement plus élevé (>85%) sur la joue et la région de la lèvre supérieure que les hommes Africains et Chinois. La technique utilisée ne permet pas précisément de déterminer la présence de poils très minces sur les visages des femmes. Le pourcentage de poils en phase anagène paraît plus élevé chez les femmes sur la jambe et l'aisselle. Les vitesses de pousse des poils corporels s'étendent de 180 à 485 µm/jours et se trouvent, sur les aisselles, proches de celles des cheveux. Conclusion: la densité de poils corporels, dans les sites cutanés étudiés, présente une variabilité de sites indépendante du groupe ethnique considéré, tandis que leurs caractéristiques fonctionnelles (le ratio de poils en phase anagène, la vitesse de pousse) sont plus dirigées par des influences d'individu/genre. The present work attempted to characterize some parameters of body hairs (density, growth rate) in different skin sites of men and women of four human ethnics. This study clearly shows that the density of body hairs in six skin sites is a feature commonly shared among the four studied ethnics, with gender‐related differences, whereas the biological parameters of body hairs (growth rate, ratio of body hairs in growing phase) are more driven by individual genetic/gender patrimony than ethnic origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the gendered body hair removal norm and the meanings of male body hair by examining young people's sense-making around male body hair removal. The novel technique of story completion was used to collect data from 102  psychology undergraduates. They were presented with a story "stem" featuring a young man (David) deciding to start body hair removal and asked to complete the stem. David was most often portrayed as a young heterosexual man who was excessively hairy, in the "wrong" places, was often subject to teasing and bullying, and was concerned about his diminished sexual capital. Hair removal did not always end "happily ever after" for David. While in some stories he "got the girl," he was punished for his vanity and foolishness in others. These different endings arguably reflect currently ambivalent meanings around male body hair depilation. The production of a hairless, or less hairy, male body is both desirable and a potential threat to masculinity. The data spoke strongly to the power of social norms surrounding body hair practices and suggest that story completion provides a useful tool in interrogating the discourses that sustain these norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Do women with body hair continue to evoke disgust? Are men without body hair read only as athletes and/or gay? To explore contemporary sense-making practices around apparently counter-normative gendered body hair practice, we developed a two-stem story completion task. We collected stories from 161 undergraduate students (129 women and 32 men) about David, who had decided to start removing body hair, and Jane, who had decided to stop removing body hair. We analysed the data thematically within a constructionist framework, resulting in three themes: secrecy and shame; the personal benefits of going against the grain; and the personal is political. The personal benefits theme included four distinct (gendered) subthemes: increased heterosexual attractiveness; increased sporting prowess; removal of a hassle; and liberation from conformity. These story data gave access to familiar but also somewhat different accounts than those collected through typical self-report measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is concerned with the ways that contemporary ideas of crisis and struggle in relation to white, Western masculinity are expressed through the body, placing particular emphasis on the grooming of male body hair and of the chest, in particular. "Manscaping," made mainstream in the early 2000s, was promoted in men's magazines and newspapers, which encouraged men to groom their chest hair in the name of personal pride and hygiene. This article will explore how, in response to these fashionable cycles, deeper issues of masculine identity are being contested through the bodies of men in a variety of media. It will settle on an analysis of the way that chest hair and manscaping have converged in online activities, which display chest hair shaped in ironic ways. It will argue that this is a form of parody and resistance that can be connected to a volatile political landscape and uses Sally Robinson's notion of the "wounded body" (2005: 6) to argue that this is a reactionary move intended to maintain masculine dominance by making a visible refusal to adhere to the complex demands made by fashions in male chest hair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents case studies of a 32-year old male and three females aged 35, 45 and 60 years with lichen planopilaris beyond scalp disease and loss of body hairs. The examination of the patients revealed demarcated patches of alopecia on limbs, trunks and eyebrows. Dermoscopy using FotoFinder II videodermoscope diagnosed multiple discrete peripilar casts. Histopathology was used to reveals the results.

The article deals with the hair follicle and the hair cycle and describes its theories and concepts. So far, there are many unanswered questions about hair follicle biology. The hair follicle continuously undergoes three definable cyclic stages of development and hair formation. The hair cycle is an actively dynamic and continuous process of neogenesis of hair through which each hair follicle passes several times during life. With the development of medical science and biological sciences, various theses on the hair cycle have gradually developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]