CLINICAL REFERENCE

Alopecia: A condition presenting an absence of hair where hair is normally present.

• Areata/ Arealis used to describe hair loss occurring in patches anywhere on the body.
• Alopecia Totalis describes the total loss of the hair on the scalp.
• Alopecia Universalis describes total loss of all hair on the body.

There are additional types ranging from Traction to Effluvium the former hair loss a result of stress at the roots, the later usually the result of chemo therapy.

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Cleft lip: A genetic disorder affecting 1 in 700 babies and  the most common birth defect in the UK, resulting in the failure of fusion in the upper lip, usually addressed by reconstructive paediatric surgery,  effecting the classic ‘Hair lip’ scar through the upper lip.

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Vitiligo: A disorder characterised by regions of otherwise normal skin displaying random non-pigmented white patches usually bordered by hyperpigmented areas.

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Nipple Areola Complex: the shape, form, contour and colour of the nipple and areola in its entirety.

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Fordyce: (lips/ disease) is a non infectious condition that remains benign and is evident predominantly at mucosal junctions like the lips, resulting in whitish spots. No medical treatment is needed.

Scar: generally referring in this instance to hypertrophic (common/ classic) scars commonly treatable with micropigmentation.
IE those scars that begin when a wound or injury heals initially to become red, raised and itchy remaining for a few months, then resolving to become flat and pale.