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- Title
Villainous hair: ba(l)d to the bone – would they be so evil if they had hair?
- Authors
Kyriakou, G.; Drivelou, V.; Glentis, A.
- Abstract
Alopecia in villains primarily presents as cosmetically significant AA, defined in our study as stage III or greater (58%), while heroes are mostly affected by cosmetically insignificant alopecia (AA stage II; 50%). Movie villains are frequently presented with hair loss, with a higher incidence of more uncommon types of alopecia (AAT/U, FFA, PbSA) compared with heroes and the general population. While other reports have dealt with the incommensurate depiction of villains in films with various dermatological conditions and the associated social stigma, this, to our knowledge, is the first one to pinpoint alopecia alone as one potent telltale sign of a movie villain.
- Subjects
HAIR; GOOD &; evil; BALDNESS; VILLAINS in motion pictures; SOCIAL perception; ALOPECIA areata
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 2021, Vol 184, Issue 1, p156
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bjd.19508