SEBACEOUS SECRETION ON THE HUMAN HEAD

[摘要] An individual with good hair and a small amt. of dandruff was found to avg. 0.160 mg. of fat and 0.0119 mg. of cholesterol/sq. cm. at the hairline when the collections were taken once weekly over an interval of 8 wks., the cholesterol amounting to 7% of the total sebum. An individual with an apparently oily scalp and sparse hair was found to average 0.219 mg. of fat and 0.0149 mg. of cholesterol/sq. cm. once weekly, the cholesterol amounting to 6.3% of the total sebum.