The hair and the scalp can get various diseases. Some are common, which we have described in our blogs, while others are rarely reported. Among a rare disease is Plica Polonica, in which the hair-shafts become intertwined and start looking like one solid mass. The hair becomes irreversibly tangled and matted, while the scalp becomes inflamed, and emits a bad odour. The disease is also called Plica neuropathica or ‘dreadlocks.’…
