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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun 5;6(5):2054270415579779.
doi: 10.1177/2054270415579779. eCollection 2015 May.

Dramatic and persistent loss of eyelashes

Rowena Vicencio Venneuguès  1 , Abby Macbeth  2 , Nick J Levell  1
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Case Reports

Dramatic and persistent loss of eyelashes

Rowena Vicencio Venneuguès et al. JRSM Open. .

Abstract

Although most paediatric hair loss presenting to clinicians is due to alopecia areata, unusual patterns should prompt a careful history.

Keywords: alopecia areata; trichotemnomania; trichotillomania.

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Figure 1.
Multiple broken hairs along the upper and lower eyelid margins.
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