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Hair and nails work with the skin to protect our body tissues from injury and help regulate temperature. They may be affected by nutritional deficiency, ageing, injury or infection.

Hair and nails

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  • Hair and nails basics
  • Hair
  • Nails

Hair and nails basics

  • Hair

    Human hair grows one centimetre every month...

  • Nails - fingernail and toenail problems

    Our fingernails grow about three times faster than our toenails...

Hair

  • Dandruff and itching scalp

    Itching scalp can be caused by a number of conditions, including dandruff, seborrhoeic dermatitis and psoriasis...

  • Hair transplant surgery

    Hair transplant surgery involves taking skin from parts of the scalp where hair is growing and grafting it to the thinning or bald areas, or areas of trauma...

  • Patterned hair loss

    All men and women develop progressive patterned hair loss as they grow older...

  • Pubic lice (crabs)

    Pubic lice (crabs) are spread through skin-to-skin contact and can cause small red areas or sores and itching...

Nails

  • Tinea

    Tinea is contagious and can be spread by skin-to-skin contact or indirectly through towels, clothes or floors...

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