2023年7月29日 · Bamboo hair is a characteristic symptom of a genetic skin condition called Netherton Syndrome. This condition affects skin and hair, causing dry, scaly patches along with the distinctive...

2019年3月8日 · Bamboo hair, or trichorrhexis invaginata, is a condition that causes your hair strands to develop bumps and look like the knots in a bamboo stalk. Normal, healthy hair strands appear smooth...

Trichorrhexis invaginata, or bamboo hair, is a hair shaft abnormality that occurs as a result of an intermittent keratinizing defect of the hair cortex.

Netherton syndrome is characterized by chronic skin inflammation, universal pruritus (itch), severe dehydration, and stunted growth. Patients with this disorder tend to have a hair shaft defect (trichorrhexis invaginata), also known as "bamboo hair".

In 1958, Netherton described a young girl with generalized scaly dermatitis and fragile nodular hair-shaft deformities that he termed trichorrhexis nodosa. Later, this was more appropriately renamed as trichorrhexis invaginata (bamboo hair).

Bamboo hair or trichorrhexis invaginata is due to abnormal keratinisation. The hair shaft cortex is structurally weak at specific points along its length. Harder adjacent segments of the hair shaft impact into these softer portions creating a ball and socket appearance.

2018年6月17日 · It’s an abnormality that causes hair strands to look like bamboo stalks that have nodes throughout its length. This article will discuss some of the most important things you need to know about bamboo hair, such as its causes, symptoms and treatment, so …

2023年5月25日 · Trichorrhexis invaginata, also known as bamboo hair, is an abnormality of the hair strand that causes the hair strands to look similar to the knots in a bamboo stalk. It is a typical feature of a disease called Netherton syndrome.

Netherton syndrome is characterized with a specific hair shaft alteration, identified as trichorrhexis invaginata or bamboo hair with an invagination of the hair shaft [2,3]. An early diagnosis is crucial to start the correct management of these patients.