A hair follicle nevus is a congenital nodule made up of well-formed
vellus hair follicles.
On the other hand, the presence of short
vellus hair and circle hair within the patch is indicative of remitting disease.
Dermaplaning involves using a medical-grade scalpel to scrape the skin and remove the dead skin cells on the skin's surface and to also get rid of
vellus hairs, those very fine and short hairs that grow on our face and body to help regulate the body's temperature.
Safe and hygienic, the device uses a subtle sonic vibration and a proprietary edge to remove the oldest layer of dead skin cells and built-up debris while painlessly sweeping away unwanted
vellus hair.
Trichotillomania patients often present asymmetrical regions of alopecia in addition to fractured, coiled, and short
vellus hairs.
Beginning with the Lanugo hair at birth,
vellus hair in the first few months of infancy, followed by terminal hair, grown mostly in the pubic part and faces for men and some women (Pergament, 1999), hair remains an attachment to the skin serving varying purposes.
These patients usually have other skin findings including palmoplantar keratoderma, white plaques on the mouth, and skin cysts (steatocystoma multiplex and
vellus hair cysts).
The most common dermoscopic findings observed in AA were black dots (76%), short
vellus hairs (71%) and broken hairs (67%).
Steatocystoma multiplex may be associated with eruptive
vellus hair cysts and pachyonychia congenita (nail and teeth abnormalities and palmoplantar keratoderma).
At baseline, the predominant trichoscopic feature was the presence of
vellus hairs and intermediate- and thick-diameter terminal hair shafts.
The treatment promises to get rid of dead skin and
vellus hair found on the face.