Corkscrew-Shaped Body Hair

Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, a nutritional disease. Scurvy can cause pinpoint bleeding around hair follicles, as well as "corkscrew hairs." Due to defects that arise in the protein structure of hair as it develops, vitamin C deficiency can also cause hair to grow in the bent or coiled shapes.

Corkscrew-shaped hair is one of the most common symptoms of vitamin C deficiency, however, you may not notice this sign, especially since damaged hair has a higher tendency to fall out or break off than healthy hair. Hair abnormalities usually disappear after a month of treatment with enough vitamin C.