Infection 2,3 and Suggested That Ch Represents a Specific Tricho- in Vivo Gram Staining of Tinea Versicolor Figure 2. Trichoscopy

scopic findingofdermatophytosisof thescalp in theblack race. On thebasis of thedata reported in the literature, itwould therefore seem likely that CH is related to endothrix trichophyton“blackdots”TC inblackchildren.1-3However, the same trichoscopicpicturewasalsoobserved in the Italianwhiteman describedherein. Interestingly, ourpatienthadnaturally curly hair, a characteristic more evident in the black population, whose hair tends to be elliptical in cross section with a variablediameter along its shaft that resemblesa twisted,oval rod. In our opinion, the trichoscopic finding of CH seems to be a variationof the commahair of tinea capitis,3 as describedby Slowinska et al,4 suggesting that it is not a peculiar manifestation in blackpatients but rather a possiblemanifestation related to curly hair. Further investigation is needed to confirm our hypothesis.