DIFFUSE HETEROCHROMIA OF SCALP HAIR

Heterochromia of hair is the presence of more than one distinct color of hair in the same person. A color difference between scalp hair and a mustache or sideburns is not uncommon. Pubic and axillary hair and e yebrows and eyelashes are often darker than scalp hair in a fair-haire d person. Rarely, a circumscribed patch df hair of different colors oc curs. However, diffuse heterochromia of black and red scalp hair has n ot been previously reported. We describe a father and son with this co ndition.