It's a hair condition that has frustrated parents for decades, now scientists believe they have found the genes responsible for 'uncombable hair syndrome'.
might spring to mind, but while those high-profile men are famous for their unruly locks, with very few cases of uncombable hair syndrome in the world, it's highly unlikely they have or had the condition. Besides, the condition tends to improve or even disappear by adulthood.. Since then, fewer than 70 publications have appeared, most being case reports.involving 11 children with uncombable hair was performed by geneticists at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Human variation in appearance, including in hair, is a result of the many small variations in our genes in the global population. There are a few well-known inherited variations in hair fibre shape and curl, but rarely are these linked to any serious illness. Interestingly, often the proteins that are affected are in the inner root sheath: three layers of the hair follicle that help put the shape into the hair fibre.We also know that uncombable hair is a 'recessive' genetic characteristic. In other words, both parents must be carriers of the mutated gene, although they may not have it themselves.