Trichology

{{Short description|The study of the hair and scalp}}

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Trichology is the study of the hair and scalp.{{Cite web|url=https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-a-trichologist|title = What is a Trichologist?}} The term derives from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx), "hair"{{cite web |last1=Liddell |first1=Henry George |last2=Scott |first2=Robert |title=A Greek-English Lexicon, θρίξ |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=qri/c |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu |access-date=19 May 2021}} and -λογία -logia. In most jurisdictions the title of a trichologist, not the field of trichology, is considered a para-medical discipline.

The Institute of Trichologists was founded in 1902.{{cite web|url=https://www.trichologists.org.uk/about-us/a-brief-history/|title=A Brief History|last=|first=|date=|website=Institute of Trichologists|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-28}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/09/archives/beauty-the-year-of-the-trichologist.html|title=Beauty THE YEAR OF THE TRICHOLOGIST|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 December 1979|last1=Penney|first1=Alexandra}} The first journal for the field, International Journal of Trichology, was founded in 2009.{{Cite journal|pmid = 20805965|year = 2009|last1 = Yesudian|first1 = P.|title = Why Another journal?|journal = International Journal of Trichology|volume = 1|issue = 1|page = 1|doi = 10.4103/0974-7753.51913|pmc = 2929549 | doi-access=free }}