For some children, this can be a constant experience if they have the very rare disease known as uncombable hair syndrome (UHS). The condition usually doesn’t create any further complications ...

According to NORD, a nonprofit patient advocacy organization dedicated to individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them, uncombable hair syndrome is also called UHS ...

Most cases are isolated, but in some cases uncombable hair syndrome has been associated with other diseases, such as Bork syndrome, the NIH center says. And the condition sometimes spontaneously ...

Called uncombable hair syndrome, patients can have dry, shiny strands that stand away from the scalp like a cloud of dandelion fluff. Only about 100 cases had ever been reported. But after the ...

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It's a hair condition that has frustrated parents for decades, now scientists believe they have found the genes responsible for "uncombable hair syndrome". Yes, it really is a thing. Uncombable ...

And an even rarer condition gives a small population of people some of the most unusual hair on the planet. Uncombable Hair Syndrome might sound like a condition crafted in the SNL writers’ room ...

If you see a child with frizzy blond hair that sticks out at right angles to their scalp, they might just have uncombable hair syndrome. A new study has shed more light on this rare condition ...

It’s a hair condition that has frustrated parents for decades, now scientists believe they have found the genes responsible for “uncombable hair syndrome”. Yes, it really is a thing.

Nobody likes having their hair combed, but 10-year-old Sam from Humberston in Lincolnshire has an excuse for not combing his - because it's officially "uncombable!" He is one of only a few people ...

What Is Uncombable Hair Syndrome? Uncombable hair syndrome is a rare condition that typically causes dry, frizzy hair that you can’t comb flat. It usually happens before age 3 but may show up as ...