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Skin Care

The DPL skin care line was designed for individuals with special skin needs. If you have very dry or sensitive skin you may find some of these products useful.

Dry skin is caused by a lack of moisture. The natural lipids in the skin help to maintain the right amount of moisture in the skin to keep it healthy. Your skin characteristics are determined by your genes and your environment. Apart from inherited dry skin, dry climates, dry heat and excessive bathing can cause or aggravate dry skin. The skin needs adequate moisture to maintain its elasticity and protective function. Moistures goes in and out of the skin depending on one's environment. When the skin maintains adequate moisture it is considered well hydrated. Inadequately hydrated skin can lead to skin rashes, itching and discoloration. All of the DPL skin care products are designed to help keep the skin hydrated and healthy.

The following tips will help you take better care of your skin:

Avoid soaps that leave your skin very dry
Avoid excessive bathing. Once a day is usually adequate for most of us
Alternate showers with tub baths if possible and use a good bath oil. Baby oil or mineral oil alone is not adequate
Apply a good lotion or cream after bathing while the skin is still moist.

If you have to use heat when the weather is cold consider adding a humidifier to your heating unit. If that is not possible consider a portable unit.

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We hope the information and products listed here will be of benefit to you, your family and friends. Please feel to email us your comments and experiences about our products and the information presented as educational material.

Dermatologist's Products Ltd. specializes in hair products for individuals of Negroid descent. Our skin products are designed for individuals with dry and sensitive skin.

All DPL products were created by a Dermatologist with years of experience in addressing the need and concerns of individuals of Negroid descent.

DPL's mission is to prevent hair loss and scalp problems related to the use of chemicals and other hair grooming procedures in people of Negroid descent. Individuals of other racial groups may also find some of these products useful, especially our skin care products.

The DPL skin care line was designed for individuals with special skin needs. If you have very dry or sensitive skin you may find some of these products useful.

»View our DPL Skin Care Products

The DPL skin specializes in hair products for individuals of Negroid descent.

»View our DPL Hair Care Products

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about DPL or one of its products, please feel free to contact us either by telephone or electronically via email.

Telephone
Atlanta Area: 404-581-9681
Toll Free: 1-800-441-5398
FAX: 404-681-5444

Address
Dermatologist's Products Ltd.
Suite 320
285 Boulevard N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30312

Electronic mail
Sales/Information: email

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Children's Hair

DPL wants to help you preserve your child's hair. Many of the hair grooming techniques used by African-Americans are very damaging to the hair of young girls.

The most common problem is hair loss caused by pulling the hair too tight around the edges. This usually results in pimples and pus bumps along the edges and eventual hair loss. This condition is called "Traction Alopecia". Click on hair loss

DPL has several products that can assist in the upkeep of your child's hair. Depending on the texture of the hair one can use any of the products for curly perms and natural hair styles. All of these products are designed to moisten and condition the hair. One should start using these products on the child's hair as soon as the baby hair is shed. Both girls and boys can use these products.

For very tight and difficult to comb hair, use the DPL Hair Root Conditioner to detangle and ease the combing process.

The second problem is too early use of relaxers. Dr. Wilborn is against the use of relaxers in children. Loose ponytails or braids are the best hair styles for young girls. The DPL Instant Moisturizer and Hair Root Conditioner are an excellent combination for keeping tight hair moist and easy to comb.

Other Scalp Conditions

If your child has dandruff, bumps, sores or unexplained patches of hair loss then they should be checked for ringworm. If you are repeatedly getting ringworms on your skin the source is most likely a child whom you care for or hug. Dr. Wilborn sees numerous children with this problem whose physician mistakenly diagnose seborrheic dermatitis. Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis usually will not occur until puberty. If ringworm of the scalp is diagnosed the treatment must be internal not external.

Company Info

Dr. Wesley S. Wilborn, M.D.

Dermatologist's Products Ltd was founded in 1989 by Dr. Wesley S. Wilborn, a board certified dermatologist and world recognized expert on hair and scalp disorders of individuals of African-American descent. He is a Fellow of The American Academy of Dermatology and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA. He is also the author of a chapter on "Hair and Scalp Disorders in African Americans" by Olsen.

He was a co-founder of W&W Pharmaceuticals and is the creator of the X-Ception and Back Alive hair products lines.

He left W&W in 1989 and founded Dermatologist's Products Ltd. and began marketing his own line of skin products.

In 1998 he re-introduced the Back Alive line under the DPL trademark.

His long term interest in hair and scalp problems in individuals of African-American descent led to his creating the DPL Hair Root Conditioner.

We hope the educational content of this web site will provide you with useful information about your hair and skin.

Our goal is to provide you with information and quality products that promotes healthy skin, hair and scalp.

Hair Care Products

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Hair Loss

To better understand the causes of hair loss one needs some understanding of the Anatomy and Chemistry of the normal human hair follicle. Human hair continually cycles through three phases of growth. Anagen, Catagen and Telogen described below. The hair shaft in gray and the sebaceous gland (oil gland) in white share a common opening (pore). Hair contains keratin, a protein that is made of minuet fibers and glue like material that holds the fibers in place. The inner part of the hair shaft is called the cortex and is surrounded by the cuticle. The cuticle is similar to the scale of a fish and prevents the hair shaft from deteriorating.


Anagen Catagen Telogen	Cuticles of hair shaft
Follicle Follicle Follicle	under high magnification

Anagen - The active growth phase lasting 3 or more years and represents 90 - 95% of the hair follicles at any given time. The hair follicle consists of several layers.
Catagen - This is the phase between the active growth phases (anagen) and the resting phase (telogen). This phase lasts about 2 weeks.
Telogen - This is the resting phase and consists of the hairs that are normally shed with the little white bulb on the end. This phase may last up to 2 months and represents only about 5 - 10% of the hair follicles at any given time.

There are several causes of hair loss. The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. We will limit our discussion to preventable hair loss. Hair grooming techniques and chemicals are by far the most common causes of hair loss in African - Americans.

Traction Alopecia

Hair loss cause by tight ponytails, braids and rollers is called Traction Alopecia. This type of hair loss usually requires repeated episodes of pulling the hair to tight along the edges. Many who have this problem consider it hereditary because it is often seen in several generations of the same family. Nothing could be further from the truth. This type of hair loss is 100 percent preventable. It is important that everyone who observes the early signs of this condition help to educate others on it's causes and prevention. The following photographs should help one recognize the early signs of this condition and what can result if corrective measures are not taken.


Early Stage of Traction Alopecia	Advanced Stage of Traction Alopecia

The above type of hair loss can be prevented by:

Keeping braids and ponytails loose around the edges
Avoiding sponge, wire and rollers with pins
Using plastic rollers that have a top that holds the hair in place
Pin curling the hair.

Chemical Hair Loss

Another very preventable form of hair loss is that caused by chemicals. This is usually caused by over processing and poor technique. The use of hair dyes along with relaxers can also lead to breakage. This type of hair loss is often referred to as shedding. Hair shedding is the natural process of hair replacement. These hairs come out from the scalp and not off the portion of the hair that is outside the scalp. Fortunately breakage does not cause permanent hair loss and proper use of chemicals and conditioning agents can prevent this.

Dr. Wilborn is much more concerned about a much more severe form of hair loss he believes is caused by improper and excessive use of chemicals. This type of hair loss has been referred to as The Follicular Degeneration Syndrome. This hair loss is manifested by the progressive loss of hair follicles usually starting near the crown and spreading toward the front and sides. The following sequence of events is what Dr. Wilborn believes causes the problem.

Scalp hairs are arranged in clusters of 2 or more hairs called follicular units. There is a small space between each unit. At the most only one hair per unit would be in Telogen at any point in time. The Telogen hair rests very close to the epidermis
The top of the head is like a shelf. Relaxer applied directly to the scalp or very close to the scalp seeps into the pores of the hair follicle. Hair follicles that are in Telogen (resting hairs) are damaged by the relaxer and do not reproduce a replacement hair. The hair follicle cycles every three years or longer. It would take two or more cycles before an entire follicular unit is destroyed. When this happens that area of the scalp has no hairs emerging from the scalp. As more hair is loss, thinning of the hair in the affected areas become apparent. Early detection and corrective measures is the only way to prevent the severe hair loss depicted in the photographs below