Detection of titanium nanoparticles in the hair shafts of a patient with frontal fibrosing alopecia

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2018 Dec;32(12):e442-e443. doi: 10.1111/jdv.14967. Epub 2018 May 7.

Authors

F Brunet-Possenti¹, L Deschamps², H Colboc³, A Somogyi⁴, K Medjoubi⁴, D Bazin⁵, V Descamps¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Bichat Hospital, HUPNVS, AP-HP, Paris 7 University, Paris, France.
² Department of Pathology, Bichat Hospital, HUPNVS, AP-HP, Paris, France.
³ Department of Dermatology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
⁴ Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
⁵ LCMCP-UPMC, College de France, Paris, France.

PMID: 29578625
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14967

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Alopecia / complications*
Female
Fibrosis
Hair / chemistry*
Hair / ultrastructure
Humans
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Nanoparticles / analysis*
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Scalp / pathology*
Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
Titanium / analysis*

Substances

titanium dioxide
Titanium