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Healthy Hair

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Healthy hair could be defined by a limited number of common and universal measurement criteria: speed of growth, number, length, and diameter. These criteria would be associated with a shiny aspect of the hair and a soft appearance. Actually, the situation is not so simple because of many various parameters including age, sex, and ethnic origin. So, a good knowledge of these variations in criteria is necessary for the recognition of healthy hair.

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  1. Centre Sabouraud, Saint-Louis Hospital, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France

    Philippe Assouly

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  1. Medecine Vasculaire Lab. Ingénierie et de Biologie Cutanées, CHU Besancon Service Dermatologie et, Besancon, France

    Philippe Humbert

  2. San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard Maibach

  3. Department of Dermatology, Saint Jacques University Hospital, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  4. Univ. Besançon Dépt. Dermatologie, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Assouly, P. (2015). Healthy Hair. In: Humbert, P., Maibach, H., Fanian, F., Agache, P. (eds) Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26594-0_102-1

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