【2017年整理】3.Hair Follicle Openings Dots-文字.docxVIP

Hair Follicle Openings: Dots Abstract The term dots refers to hair follicle openings seen from the perspective of a dermoscope. Black dots are residues of pigmented hairs broken or destroyed at scalp level. Yellow dots are follicular infundibula with keratotic material and/or sebum. Fibrotic white dots represent ?brosis in areas of selective follicular destruction. Pinpoint white dots are observed in patients with dark skin phototypes. They correspond to empty hair follicles or to the epidermal portion of eccrine sweat ducts. Red dots have been described in discoid lupus erythemato