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Definition of Barber Say Syndrome
Medically reviewed by Dr. Otari Nergadze, Neurosurgeon | Updated: January 2026
Barber Say syndrome is a very rare syndrome characterized by excessive hair growth (hypertrichosis), papery thin and fragile (atrophic) skin, outward turned eyelids (ectropion), and a large mouth (macrostomia). The exact inheritance pattern of this syndrome is not fully understood. Some cases have been linked to mutation in a gene known as TWIST2. Reports have described both severe and mild cases of the condition.
Also known as hypertrichosis, atrophic skin, ectropion, and macrostomia or hypertrichosis atrophic skin ectropion macrostomia.