Picture Quiz

Abstract

This 34-year-old woman was upset about the persistent bald areas on her scalp which had first developed after the birth of her first child a year earlier. She was finding them difficult to hide, and friends were remarking on the problem. On examination, the underlying scalp appeared completely normal. There were no signs of exclamation mark hairs (short, stumpy hairs with thinning and depigmentation of the hair next to the scalp), but a few white hairs could be seen around the edges.