Ethnic hair update: Past and present. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003;48:S127–33. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 5. Davis EC, Reid SD, Callender VD, Sperling LC. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Suggestibility

  Ceasing the use of relaxers is also suggested, as this practice correlates with increased incidence of disease.[1] For those patients who have crops of pustules, suggesting superimposed folliculitis decalvans, topical corticosteroids, and oral tetracyclines [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hair styles that require heat treatment or produce traction should be avoided. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The etiology appears to be multifactorial and the condition occurs in all races. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]