Research Article

Evaluation of Hair Density and Hair Diameter in the Adult Thai Population Using Quantitative Trichoscopic Analysis

Table 3

Comparisons of hair density and hair diameter with aging among different scalp sites.

Age groupFrontalVertexTemporoparietalOccipital

Hair density (hairs/cm2)
20s156.2 ± 12.8164.9 ± 12.7135.9 ± 12.6162.5 ± 12.7
30s155.4 ± 13.4163.9 ± 13.6134.6 ± 13.8161.5 ± 13.3
40s154.1 ± 10.2162.3 ± 10.5133.3 ± 10.2160.1 ± 10.3
50s149.3 ± 11.3158.1 ± 11.8128.5 ± 11.3155.6 ± 11.4
60s146.7 ± 14.5155.6 ± 14.5125.7 ± 13.7152.7 ± 14.5

Hair diameter (μm)
20s81.4 ± 4.481.1 ± 4.580.1 ± 4.680.6 ± 4.9
30s80.9 ± 5.480.5 ± 5.678.2 ± 5.280.3 ± 5.4
40s80.2 ± 5.280.1 ± 5.379.6 ± 4.579.1 ± 5.6
50s80.7 ± 5.280.4 ± 5.279.9 ± 5.179.8 ± 5.5
60s82.4 ± 4.682.2 ± 4.881.2 ± 5.381.2 ± 4.4

Data are mean ± SD. , statistically significant difference when compared to 20s.