The scales fit snugly against the skin and, as it were, envelop the hair or tuft of hair with a white sheath (figure).
Histologically, Lichen asbestos is characterized by hyperkeratosis, accumulations of horny masses around the follicular funnels of the hair. Asbestos lichen is observed mainly in children and young people. On one, less often several areas of the skin of the scalp, mainly in the parietal region, there are foci of peeling of irregular outlines of various sizes in the form of silvery-white or grayish dry dense scales resembling asbestos fibers.