HIV patients more prone to excessive dandruff
New Delhi : HIV-positive people are 10 times more prone to excessive dandruff and it could be treated as an early sign of the disease, a British expert said.
Barry Stevens, founder of the London Trichology Society, said the Seborrhoeic Dermatitis (a severe form of dandruff) is common among AIDS patients.
"Seborrhoeic Dermatitis among HIV-positive people is as high as 30 percent as against three percent among general population," he said.
"Though a lot of people with the problem don't have HIV, yet it could be one of the earlier indications," he said.
Stevens, a pioneer of single follicular hair transplant, was in India to train some of the specialists at Dr. Batra's Positive Health Clinics across the country.
Referring to a Harvard Medical School study, he said hair loss particularly in the crown indicates a three-fold greater risk of heart diseases among men.
