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February 1978, Vol 114, No. 2 >
Article | February 1978

Woolly Hair Nevus: Title and subTitle BreakTwo Case Reports and a Discussion of Unruly Hair Forms

Sharon D. H. Lantis, MD; Margot C. Pepper, MB
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Accepted for publication Feb 2, 1977.

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From the Section of Dermatology, University Health Service, University of Wisconsin, Madison.


Arch Dermatol. 1978;114(2):233-238. doi:10.1001/archderm.1978.01640140051012
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• Woolly hair is very curly hair that is characteristically unruly and will not form naturally into locks. Woolly hair nevus first appears when the scalp hair begins to grow. It is seen as a patch of unruly, very curly hair, arising in a field of otherwise unremarkable scalp hair. Woolly hair can also be seen as a hereditary trait involving the entire scalp and in acquired forms. It may be distinguished from two other types of unruly hair, pili torti and spun glass hair.

(Arch Dermatol 114:233-238, 1978)

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Anderson N:  Woolly haired nevus of the scalp . Arch Dermatol 47:286, 1943;.
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Hoffman E:  Über einen Kräuselnaevus innerhalb sonst glatten Kopfhaares im Vergleich zum erblichen Kraushaar und zur Lockenbildung nach Rontgenepilation . Dermatologica 107:281-291, 1953;.
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Post C:  Woolly hair nevus . Arch Dermatol 78:488-489, 1958;.
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Streitmann B:  Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Kräuselhaarnaevus . Dermatol Wschr 139:185-187, 1959;.
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Grant PW:  A case of woolly hair nevus . Arch Dis Child 35:512-514, 1960;.
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Domonkos A:  Woolly hair nevus . Arch Dermatol 85:568, 1962;.
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Fanconi G:  Kraushaar-Nävus . Dermatologica 148:299, 1974;.
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Hutchinson PE, Cairns RJ, Wells RS:  Woolly hair . Trans St John Hosp Dermatol Soc 60:160-177, 1974;.
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Barker SG, Norris MH:  A note on the physical relationships of crimp in wool . J Text Inst 21:T1-17, 1930;.
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Horio M, Kondo T:  Crimping of wool fibers . Text Res J 23:373-387, 1953;.
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Menkart J, Wolfram LJ, Mao I:  Caucasian hair, Negro hair, and wool: Similarities and differences . J Soc Cosmetic Chemists 17:769-787, 1966;.
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Montagna W, Ellis R: The Biology of Hair Growth . New York, Academic Press Inc, 1958;, p 323.
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Nay T, Johnson H:  Follicle curvature and crimp size in some selected Australian Merino groups . Aust J Agric Res 18:833-840, 1967;.
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Mercer EH:  The relation between external shape and internal structure of wool fibers . Text Res J 24:39-43, 1954;.
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Henderson AE: Growing Better Wool . Sydney, Wellington-Auchland, 1968;, p 66.
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Goldsworthy YE, Lang WR:  The coiling of wool fibers immersed in various liquids . J Text Inst 44:T230-244, 1953;.
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Hrdy D:  Quantitative hair form variation in seven populations . Am J Phys Anthropol 39:7-18, 1973;.
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Rook A:  Racial and other genetic variations in hair form . Br J Dermatol 92:599-600, 1975;.
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Behrman HT: The Scalp in Health and Disease . St Louis, CV Mosby Co, 1952;, pp 64-72.
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Trotter M:  A review of the classifications of hair . Am J Phys Anthropol 24:105-126, 1938;.
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Stewart C:  Note on the scalp of a Negro . Mouth Microsc J 9:54-55, 1873;.
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Pinkus H:  Chronic scarring pseudofolliculitis of the Negro beard . Arch Dermatol 47:782-792, 1943;.
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Strauss J, Kligman A:  Pseudofolliculitis of the beard . Arch Dermatol 74:533-542, 1956;.
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Steggerda M:  Cross sections of human hair from four racial groups . J Hered 31:474-476, 1940;.
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Steggerda M, Seibert H:  Size and shape of head hair from six racial groups . J Hered 32:315-318, 1941;.
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Trotter M:  The form, size and color of head hair in American whites . Am J Phys Anthrop 14:433-446, 1930;.
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Kneberg M:  Improved technique for hair examination . Am J Phys Anthrop 20:51-68, 1935;.
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Siebert H, Steggerda M:  Size and shape of human head hair along its shaft . J Hered 33:302-304, 1942;.
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Mori A:  Contributo allo studio della eridita . Arch Italino Anat Embriol 22:123-135, 1925;.
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Salamon T:  Über eine Familie mit recessiver Kraushaarigkeit Hypotrichose und anderen Anomalien . Hautarzt 14:540-544, 1963;.
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Mohr 0:  Woolly hair: A dominant mutant character in man . J Hered 23:345-353, 1932;.
37 +
Schokking C:  Another woolly-hair mutation in man . J Hered 25:337-340, 1934;.
38 +
Anderson E:  An American pedigree for woolly hair . J Hered 27:444, 1936;.
39 +
Boersma D:  Kinky woolly hair in two siblings . Arch Dermatol 81:292, 1960;.
40 +
Gottheil:  Peculiar woolly hair . J Cutaneous Dis 37:489, 1919;.
41 +
Pepper MC, Lantis SDH:  A new technique for cross sectioning free hair . J Invest Dermatol 68:111-112, 1977;.
42 +
Day TL:  Straight-hair nevus, ichthyosis hystrix, leukokeratosis of the tongue . Arch Dermatol 96:606, 1967;.
43 +
Gibbs R, Berger R:  Straight hair nevus . Int J Dermatol 9:47, 1970;.
44 +
Wise F, Sulzberger MB:  Acquired progressive kinking of the scalp hair accompanied by changes in its pigmentation . Arch Dermatol 25:99-110, 1932;.
45 +
Knierer W:  Allotrichia Circumscripta Symmetrica Capillitii . Derm Wschr 132:794, 1955;.
46 +
Coupe RL, Johnston MM:  Acquired progressive kinking of hair . Arch Dermatol 100:191-195, 1969;.
47 +
Pfahler:  Epilation of half the scalp in a patient with straight hair, followed by a regrowth of curly hair . Arch Dermatol 15:214, 1927;.
48 +
Ronchese F:  Twisted hairs (pili torti) . Arch Dermatol 26:98-109, 1932;.
49 +
Beare JM:  Congenital pilar defect showing features of pili torti . Br J Dermatol 64:366-372, 1952;.
50 +
Menkes JH, Steigleder GK, Weakly DR, et al:  A sex-linked recessive disorder with retardation of growth, peculiar hair, and focal cerebral and cerebellar degeneration . Pediatrics 29:764-779, 1962;.
51 +
Menkes JH:  Kinky hair disease . Pediatrics 50:181-182, 1972;.
52 +
Danks DM, Cartwright E, Stevens BJ, et al:  Menkes' kinky hair disease: Future definition of the defect in copper transport . Science 179:1140-1141, 1973;.
53 +
Marston HR:  Nutritional factors involved in wool production by Merino sheep . Aust J Sci Res 1:376, 1948;.
54 +
Marston HR:  Wool growth , in Hammond J (ed): Progress in the Physiology of Farm Animals . London, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955;, vol 2, p 543.
55 +
Wynne KN, McClymont GL:  Copper-molybdenum-sulphate interaction in induction of ovine hypocupraemia and hypocuprosis . Aust J Ag Res 7:45-56, 1956;.
56 +
Burly RW:  Experiments on wool from copper: Deficient sheep: I. Some physical measurements on intact fibers and experiments on the dissolution and fractionation of oxidized wool . Text Res J 30:473-484, 1960;.
57 +
Danks D:  Menkes' steely-hair disease . Lancet 1:891, 1973;.
58 +
Lott IT, DiPaolo R, Schwartz D, et al:  Copper metabolism in the steely-hair syndrome . N Engl J Med 292:197-199, 1975;.
59 +
 Editorial: Copper and steely hair . Lancet 1:902-903, 1975;.
60 +
Bresnan S:  Menkes' kinky-hair syndrome (trichopoliodystrophy) . Am J Dis Child 125:572-578, 1973;.
61 +
Grover WD, Scrutton MC:  Copper infusion therapy in trichopoliodystrophy . J Pediatr 86:216-220, 1975;.
62 +
Burley RW:  Sulphydryl groups in wool . Nature 174:1019-1020, 1954;.
63 +
Danks DM, Campbell PE, Stevens BJ, et al:  Menkes' kinky hair syndrome . Pediatrics 50:188-201, 1972;.
64 +
Brown AC:  Congenital hair defects . Birth Defects 8:52-68, 1971;.
65 +
Scott OLS:  Localized pili torti . Br J Dermatol 62:272, 1950;.
66 +
Scott OLS:  Localized pili torti . Proc R Soc Med Dermatol 43:68, 1950;.
67 +
Stroud JD, Mehregan AH:  "Spun glass" hair: A clinicopathologic study of an unusual hair defect , in Brow A (ed): The First Human Hair Symposium . New York, Medcom Press, 1973;, pp 103-107.
68 +
Sharp H:  Woolly hair: A rare abnormality . Aust J Dermatol 6:91-93, 1961;.
69 +
Fabian A:  Allotrichia circumscripta symmetrica capillitii . Cesk Derm 36:83-85, 1961;.

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1 +
Wise F:  Woolly hair nevus: Peculiar form of birthmark of hair of the scalp, hitherto undescribed, with report of two cases . Med J Rec 125:545, 1927;.
2 +
Anderson N:  Woolly haired nevus of the scalp . Arch Dermatol 47:286, 1943;.
3 +
Hoffman E:  Über einen Kräuselnaevus innerhalb sonst glatten Kopfhaares im Vergleich zum erblichen Kraushaar und zur Lockenbildung nach Rontgenepilation . Dermatologica 107:281-291, 1953;.
4 +
Born W:  Über umschriebene Kräuselnaevi innerhalb sonst glatten Kopfhaars . Dermatologica 115:119-121, 1958;.
5 +
Bell WF:  Case No. 1: Naevus . Trans St Johns Hosp Dermatol Soc 41:101, 1958;.
6 +
Post C:  Woolly hair nevus . Arch Dermatol 78:488-489, 1958;.
7 +
Streitmann B:  Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Kräuselhaarnaevus . Dermatol Wschr 139:185-187, 1959;.
8 +
Grant PW:  A case of woolly hair nevus . Arch Dis Child 35:512-514, 1960;.
9 +
Domonkos A:  Woolly hair nevus . Arch Dermatol 85:568, 1962;.
10 +
Fanconi G:  Kraushaar-Nävus . Dermatologica 148:299, 1974;.
11 +
Hutchinson PE, Cairns RJ, Wells RS:  Woolly hair . Trans St John Hosp Dermatol Soc 60:160-177, 1974;.
12 +
Barker SG, Norris MH:  A note on the physical relationships of crimp in wool . J Text Inst 21:T1-17, 1930;.
13 +
Woods HJ:  Crimp forms in Merino wool fibers: 1-Description . J Text Inst 26:T93-102, 1935;.
14 +
Horio M, Kondo T:  Crimping of wool fibers . Text Res J 23:373-387, 1953;.
15 +
Onions WJ: Wool . New York, Interscience Publishers, 1962;.
16 +
Menkart J, Wolfram LJ, Mao I:  Caucasian hair, Negro hair, and wool: Similarities and differences . J Soc Cosmetic Chemists 17:769-787, 1966;.
17 +
Montagna W, Ellis R: The Biology of Hair Growth . New York, Academic Press Inc, 1958;, p 323.
18 +
Nay T, Johnson H:  Follicle curvature and crimp size in some selected Australian Merino groups . Aust J Agric Res 18:833-840, 1967;.
19 +
Mercer EH:  The relation between external shape and internal structure of wool fibers . Text Res J 24:39-43, 1954;.
20 +
Henderson AE: Growing Better Wool . Sydney, Wellington-Auchland, 1968;, p 66.
21 +
Goldsworthy YE, Lang WR:  The coiling of wool fibers immersed in various liquids . J Text Inst 44:T230-244, 1953;.
22 +
Hrdy D:  Quantitative hair form variation in seven populations . Am J Phys Anthropol 39:7-18, 1973;.
23 +
Rook A:  Racial and other genetic variations in hair form . Br J Dermatol 92:599-600, 1975;.
24 +
Behrman HT: The Scalp in Health and Disease . St Louis, CV Mosby Co, 1952;, pp 64-72.
25 +
Trotter M:  A review of the classifications of hair . Am J Phys Anthropol 24:105-126, 1938;.
26 +
Stewart C:  Note on the scalp of a Negro . Mouth Microsc J 9:54-55, 1873;.
27 +
Pinkus H:  Chronic scarring pseudofolliculitis of the Negro beard . Arch Dermatol 47:782-792, 1943;.
28 +
Strauss J, Kligman A:  Pseudofolliculitis of the beard . Arch Dermatol 74:533-542, 1956;.
29 +
Steggerda M:  Cross sections of human hair from four racial groups . J Hered 31:474-476, 1940;.
30 +
Steggerda M, Seibert H:  Size and shape of head hair from six racial groups . J Hered 32:315-318, 1941;.
31 +
Trotter M:  The form, size and color of head hair in American whites . Am J Phys Anthrop 14:433-446, 1930;.
32 +
Kneberg M:  Improved technique for hair examination . Am J Phys Anthrop 20:51-68, 1935;.
33 +
Siebert H, Steggerda M:  Size and shape of human head hair along its shaft . J Hered 33:302-304, 1942;.
34 +
Mori A:  Contributo allo studio della eridita . Arch Italino Anat Embriol 22:123-135, 1925;.
35 +
Salamon T:  Über eine Familie mit recessiver Kraushaarigkeit Hypotrichose und anderen Anomalien . Hautarzt 14:540-544, 1963;.
36 +
Mohr 0:  Woolly hair: A dominant mutant character in man . J Hered 23:345-353, 1932;.
37 +
Schokking C:  Another woolly-hair mutation in man . J Hered 25:337-340, 1934;.
38 +
Anderson E:  An American pedigree for woolly hair . J Hered 27:444, 1936;.
39 +
Boersma D:  Kinky woolly hair in two siblings . Arch Dermatol 81:292, 1960;.
40 +
Gottheil:  Peculiar woolly hair . J Cutaneous Dis 37:489, 1919;.
41 +
Pepper MC, Lantis SDH:  A new technique for cross sectioning free hair . J Invest Dermatol 68:111-112, 1977;.
42 +
Day TL:  Straight-hair nevus, ichthyosis hystrix, leukokeratosis of the tongue . Arch Dermatol 96:606, 1967;.
43 +
Gibbs R, Berger R:  Straight hair nevus . Int J Dermatol 9:47, 1970;.
44 +
Wise F, Sulzberger MB:  Acquired progressive kinking of the scalp hair accompanied by changes in its pigmentation . Arch Dermatol 25:99-110, 1932;.
45 +
Knierer W:  Allotrichia Circumscripta Symmetrica Capillitii . Derm Wschr 132:794, 1955;.
46 +
Coupe RL, Johnston MM:  Acquired progressive kinking of hair . Arch Dermatol 100:191-195, 1969;.
47 +
Pfahler:  Epilation of half the scalp in a patient with straight hair, followed by a regrowth of curly hair . Arch Dermatol 15:214, 1927;.
48 +
Ronchese F:  Twisted hairs (pili torti) . Arch Dermatol 26:98-109, 1932;.
49 +
Beare JM:  Congenital pilar defect showing features of pili torti . Br J Dermatol 64:366-372, 1952;.
50 +
Menkes JH, Steigleder GK, Weakly DR, et al:  A sex-linked recessive disorder with retardation of growth, peculiar hair, and focal cerebral and cerebellar degeneration . Pediatrics 29:764-779, 1962;.
51 +
Menkes JH:  Kinky hair disease . Pediatrics 50:181-182, 1972;.
52 +
Danks DM, Cartwright E, Stevens BJ, et al:  Menkes' kinky hair disease: Future definition of the defect in copper transport . Science 179:1140-1141, 1973;.
53 +
Marston HR:  Nutritional factors involved in wool production by Merino sheep . Aust J Sci Res 1:376, 1948;.
54 +
Marston HR:  Wool growth , in Hammond J (ed): Progress in the Physiology of Farm Animals . London, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955;, vol 2, p 543.
55 +
Wynne KN, McClymont GL:  Copper-molybdenum-sulphate interaction in induction of ovine hypocupraemia and hypocuprosis . Aust J Ag Res 7:45-56, 1956;.
56 +
Burly RW:  Experiments on wool from copper: Deficient sheep: I. Some physical measurements on intact fibers and experiments on the dissolution and fractionation of oxidized wool . Text Res J 30:473-484, 1960;.
57 +
Danks D:  Menkes' steely-hair disease . Lancet 1:891, 1973;.
58 +
Lott IT, DiPaolo R, Schwartz D, et al:  Copper metabolism in the steely-hair syndrome . N Engl J Med 292:197-199, 1975;.
59 +
 Editorial: Copper and steely hair . Lancet 1:902-903, 1975;.
60 +
Bresnan S:  Menkes' kinky-hair syndrome (trichopoliodystrophy) . Am J Dis Child 125:572-578, 1973;.
61 +
Grover WD, Scrutton MC:  Copper infusion therapy in trichopoliodystrophy . J Pediatr 86:216-220, 1975;.
62 +
Burley RW:  Sulphydryl groups in wool . Nature 174:1019-1020, 1954;.
63 +
Danks DM, Campbell PE, Stevens BJ, et al:  Menkes' kinky hair syndrome . Pediatrics 50:188-201, 1972;.
64 +
Brown AC:  Congenital hair defects . Birth Defects 8:52-68, 1971;.
65 +
Scott OLS:  Localized pili torti . Br J Dermatol 62:272, 1950;.
66 +
Scott OLS:  Localized pili torti . Proc R Soc Med Dermatol 43:68, 1950;.
67 +
Stroud JD, Mehregan AH:  "Spun glass" hair: A clinicopathologic study of an unusual hair defect , in Brow A (ed): The First Human Hair Symposium . New York, Medcom Press, 1973;, pp 103-107.
68 +
Sharp H:  Woolly hair: A rare abnormality . Aust J Dermatol 6:91-93, 1961;.
69 +
Fabian A:  Allotrichia circumscripta symmetrica capillitii . Cesk Derm 36:83-85, 1961;.

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