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- Also known as: Pili trianguli et canalicul, Spun glass hair or Cheveux Incoiffables
- First diagnosed: 1973
- Characterized by dry, glossy, uncontrollable hair
- Mode of Inheritance: Autosomal Dominant
- Becomes noticeable from 3 months to 12 years of age
- No known treatment, although one anecdote suggests that Biotin may help
- The German fairytale Der Struwwelpeter is often believed to be about a boy who has Uncombable Hair Syndrome
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Uncombable Hair Syndrome is a rare dermatological disease in which a person's hair cannot be combed flat. Resulting from a structural abnormality in the scalp hair, UHS is characterized by dry, glossy hair with haphazard arrangements of hair bundles. Uncombable Hair Syndrome was first diagnosed in 1973 and is often linked to problems with brittle fingernails and enamel deficient teeth.
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