Year : 2010, Volume : 10, Issue : 2
First page : ( 68) Last page : ( 71)
Print ISSN : 0972-5687. Online ISSN : 0974-083X. Published online : 2010 June 1.

Comparative Study of Hair Distribution in Northern Hindu Males

Mahajan Anupama Dr.^1,*, Batra A.P.S. Dr.², Sharma Rahat Dr.³, Khurana B.S. Dr.⁴, Navpreet Dr.⁵

¹Professor and Head, Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar

²Associate Professor, Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar

³Professor, Deptt. of Pharmacology, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar

⁴Professor and Head, Deptt. of Forensic Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar

⁵Deptt. of Forensic Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar

*Email: anupamasgrd@yahoo.com

Received:  5  January,  2010; Revised:  11  June,  2010; Accepted:  12  July,  2010; :  25  December,  2010.

Abstract

Hair patterns of the scalp, face and neck have been studied in a random sample of 135 healthy, North Indian males, ranging from 18 to 45 years of age. The results show that totopilose (59.25%) scalps, minimo-pilose (63.7%) faces, anterior cervical apilosity (74.07%) and transcervical (48.14%) distribution of the posterior cervical hair are commonest. Apilosity of the anterior cervical region is chiefly correlated with circumareolo-sternal (37.78%) type of the chest hair. Occurrence of most of the hair patterns in a wide age range emphasizes the value of this type of study in classifying the human groups and working out the secular trends of a population.

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Keywords

Totopilose, minimo-pilose, apilosity, transcervical, circumareolo-sternal.

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