Sir, Lumbosacral hypertrichosis is an uncommon occurrence that constitutes a significant cosmetic problem. Treatment with electrolysis is difficult and surgical excision seems to be the only permanent option. Surgery carries the risk of significant scarring and electrolysis is often impractical where a large area is affected. Recently, long-term hair removal using normal-mode ruby laser has bee...

Ambras syndrome (AS) is a rare form of congenital hypertrichosis with excessive hair on the shoulders, face and ears. Cytogenetic studies have previously implicated an association with rearrangements of chromosome 8. Here we define an 11.5 Mb candidate interval for AS on chromosome 8q based on cytogenetic breakpoints in three patients. TRPS1, a gene within this interval, was deleted in a patien...

We describe a 16-year-old boy whose left forearm and hand were cut by a piece of glass from a broken window as a result of the fall. He had surgical repair of his left extensor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis brevis, and dorsal branch of the left radial nerve. Following the surgery, he was put on a splint so as to immobilize the left forearm and wrist. On removal of the splint 4 weeks post s...

A faun tail is abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis that is characterized by a wide, often triangular or lozenge-shaped patch of coarse hair, and this hair is usually several inches long. Faun tail is a rare entity. A 36-year-old male presented with a triangular shaped hair tuft with terminal hair on the lumbosacral area, and he'd had this unusual hair since birth. There were no neurologic signs or a...

Studies on bimatoprost were performed with two objectives: (i) to determine whether bimatoprost possesses hair growth-stimulating properties beyond eyelash hypertrichosis and (ii) to investigate the biodisposition of bimatoprost in skin for the first time. Bimatoprost, at the dose used clinically for eyelash growth (0.03%) and given once daily for 14 days, increased pelage hair growth in C57/bl...

Becker's nevus syndrome presents with a hyperchromic spot often trunk located, associated hypertrichosis and maxillofacial or skeletal muscle alterations. This study reports the case of male patient who had in left gluteal region, underwent intramuscular PMMA microspheres implantation for volume symmetrization