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• The clinical findings in three new cases of acquired progressive kinking of the hair, all in females, are reported, and a review of all previously reported cases is presented. Acquired progressive kinking of the hair is an acquired disorder of hair formation in which patches of hair become tightly curled and resemble pubic hair. It seems to be more common in males and is associated with darkening of the involved hair in about two thirds of the patients. The differential diagnosis includes inherited forms of kinky hair and kinky hair secondary to mechanical, chemical, or traumatic manipulation. Drugs are infrequently implicated in its causation.(Arch Dermatol 1989;125:252-255)

Twenty-seven patients with inflammatory and infected dermatoses were treated with a dexamethasone sodium phosphate cream or a combination neomycin-dexamethasone sodium phosphate cream. Symmetrical areas were treated with the two preparations for a paired comparison in a double-blind fashion. The clinical responses were equally satisfactory with both preparations. Neomycin was not effective topically in eradicating bacteria from the skin lesions.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles that were published in the previous issues of the journal "Forbes." "Monkey Business," in which New Jersey was stated to be spending 20 cents per $100 of assets versus 1 cent per $100 in California; "Jettisoning Medicare," which focused on an oppressive Medicare bureaucracy; "Unfair Fight," which stated that since divestiture, the public regulators and majority of the users think New York Telephone is a monopoly.