TITLE:
Stochastic Modelling of Relative Light Sensitivity of Hair Follicles
AUTHORS:
Ilja L. Kruglikov
KEYWORDS:
Light Sensitivity; Hair Follicle; Mathematical Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Biophysics,
Vol.3 No.3,
July
12,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Relative light sensitivity (RLS) of HFs was mathematically described
as the ratio of two stochastic variables presenting the durations of light
sensitive and light insensitive sub-phases of the cycle according to a new
theory of HF light sensitivity formulated in our previous article
(Kruglikov, Am J Cosm Surg, 2012, 29:266 - 272). RLS
gives possibility to rank the HFs from different body regions according to
their light sensitivities. Application of proposed method for estimation of the
light sensitivity of scalp hairs predicts remarkable difference
in light sensitivities of HFs in alopecic and non-alopecic patients.