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Adult: The adult pubic louse resembles a miniature crab when viewed through a strong magnifying glass. Pubic lice have six legs; their two front legs are very large and look like the pincher claws of a crab. This is how they got the nickname “crabs.” Pubic lice are tan to grayish-white in color.
Hair casts or pseudonits are 2-7 mm long, discrete, firm, shiny, white, freely movable tubular accretions that encircle the hair shafts of the scalp. [1] Even though they are not unusual, there is scarce literature on them and underdiagnosis is common.
Dry, flaky skin around the vagina can result from allergies, bacterial or fungal infections, or a skin condition such as psoriasis, eczema, or dermatitis. Hair removal products and tight clothing can also damage the skin, making it dry, itchy, and flaky.
At first, however, when you have only a few lice, you may have no symptoms. You may see one or more lice or nits in your pubic hair. The nits look like tiny white dots attached to a hair. They look like dandruff.
Treatment for both white and black piedra includes clipping or shaving hair in the affected area, along with topical antifungal therapy.
Use baking soda.
Wet your hair and sprinkle a tablespoon of baking soda along your scalp. Leave it on for a minute and wash it off. You can also shampoo after to thoroughly rinse it off. Baking soda fights against overactive fungi and can help exfoliate the skin on your scalp without irritating it.
Dandruff flakes are dead skin cells that fall off your scalp. When you have dandruff, your scalp may look scaly or red and feel itchy or raw. Scratching or rubbing your head loosens the flakes. You may notice them more when you wear dark clothes.
White Piedra shows up with white nodules on hair shafts or other hair-bearing areas. The nodules are about 1 mm in diameter.
How you get pubic lice. Pubic lice are mainly spread by close body contact, most commonly sexual contact. The lice cannot jump or fly, but can climb from one person to another. You can also catch the lice from clothes, bedding or towels used by someone with pubic lice, but this is rare.
Pubic lice are tan or whitish-gray, and they look like tiny crabs. They get darker when they're full of blood. Crab eggs (called nits) on the bottom part of your pubic hairs.
White Piedra hair can be due to various reasons. This fungus is sometimes found on your skin but is usually associated with bad habits. If you have poor hygiene and shampoo infrequently, or you use stagnant dirty water, this fungus can get transferred onto your hair.
Yes, your hair will grow back after telogen effluvium. After the three- to six-month shedding period, you'll notice new hair growth in your affected areas.
Although relatively uncommon, white piedra should be suspected in any patient presenting with irritation and foul odor in the genital area or multiple failed therapies for a nonspecific genital dermatitis.
Anagen phase
A hair pulled out in this phase will typically have the root sheath attached to it which appears as a clear gel coating the first few mm of the hair from its base; this may be misidentified as the follicle, the root or the sebaceous gland by non-health care professionals.
Not only does your scalp have a plethora of sweat glands, but it also has an abundance of sebaceous (oil) glands, which produce oily sebum. Have you ever scratched your scalp and noticed white, waxy buildup under your nails? That's sebum mixed with dead skin cells.
If there's white-ish stuff showing up on your hair brush or comb, it's probably buildup. This kind of white stuff is different from dandruff - it won't be flakey, nor will it be oily like sebum. Product buildup typically resembles teeny tiny strands of white hair, and it sticks to the hairbrush quite stubbornly.
Therapy with oral itraconazole for the treatment of uncomplicated white piedra affecting the scalp hair may be a good choice if topical remedies fail. The combination of topical benzoyl peroxide 5% wash, clindamycin 1% solution, and ketoconazole 2% shampoo successfully treated one Pacific Island patient.
Antifungals have variable efficacy in eliminating hair shaft concretions without shaving. Topical antifungals like ketoconazole, ciclopirox olamine shampoo, selenium sulphide, precipitated sulphur in petrolatum, zinc pyrithione, and amphotericin B lotion have been used with successful outcomes.
White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft, caused by Trichosporon, a noncandidal yeast characterized by the presence of numerous, discrete, asymptomatic nodules attached to the infected hair shafts.
Itchy pubic hair is common and is often easily treatable. Common causes include rash burn, contact dermatitis, jock itch, pubic lice, scabies, yeast infection, psoriasis, eczema, and folliculitis. See a healthcare provider if the itching is severe, painful, persistent, or worsening.
Common signs and symptoms of lice include: Intense itching on the scalp, body or in the genital area. A tickling feeling from movement of hair. The presence of lice on your scalp, body, clothing, or pubic or other body hair.
A lice-killing lotion containing 1% permethrin or a mousse containing pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide can be used to treat pubic (“crab”) lice.