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29. The morphology
of scalp whorls and anterior hairlines in Koreans. Introduction: Although scalp whorls and the anterior hairline are important
parts for the morphology of the scalp hair pattern, only a few studies on them
have been reported. This study was performed to obtain data about the classification
and incidence of various scalp whorl patterns, the average heights of the anterior
hairlines, and the types of anterior hairlines and their incidence.
Methods: We evaluated the number, direction and location of the parietal scalp
whorls, measured the heights of the frontal and temporal hairlines according
to the 5 standard lines, and identified the shape of the anterior hairlines
for 484 men and 171 women.
Results: Of the 655 subjects, 89.6% had single parietal scalp whorls, while
6.9% had double whorls. The single clockwise type was more common than the
single counterclockwise types, and the locations of the single whorls were
in middle, right and left, in decreasing order of frequency. Of the double
whorls, the cases of the same direction were more common than those of the
opposite direction. The average heights of the anterior hairlines were higher
for men than for women. For the classification of the anterior hairline, the
linear type was the most common for men and the round type was more common
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