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Hypertrichosis
Hair disease characterized by hair growth that is abnormal in quantity or location / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypertrichosis is an abnormal amount of hair growth over the body.[1][2] The two distinct types of hypertrichosis are generalized hypertrichosis, which occurs over the entire body, and localized hypertrichosis, which is restricted to a certain area.[1] Hypertrichosis can be either congenital (present at birth) or acquired later in life.[3][4] The excess growth of hair occurs in areas of the skin with the exception of androgen-dependent hair of the pubic area, face, and axillary regions.[5]
Hypertrichosis | |
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Other names | Werewolf syndrome |
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Petrus Gonsalvus, "’The Hairy Man’", as illustrated by Joris Hoefnagel in his Elementa Depicta | |
Specialty | Dermatology |
Several circus sideshow performers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Julia Pastrana, had hypertrichosis.[6] Many of them worked as freaks and were promoted as having distinct human and animal traits.