Knowledge about the varied types of hair loss and treatment options is requisite to this effort. The primary cicatricial alopecias are a complex group of disorders with little known about the ...

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a type of scarring alopecia (hair loss) that causes patches of hair loss that start on the top of the head and spread outward. It is a common ...

Panelists discuss how the epidemiology of alopecia areata (AA) varies across different patient populations, with certain ...

Diseases which cause scarring like the lichen planus may result in a permanent hair loss due to scarring. Hair loss can also be due to medications administered to treat high blood pressure ...

Discovering patches of missing hair can be alarming, often signaling underlying health issues that require attention. While ...

Cicatricial or scarring alopecia comprise chronic inflammatory hair disorders that result in permanent hair loss from the destruction of hair follicles that are replaced with fibrous scar tissue.

Dermatologists divide hair loss into scarring and non-scarring hair loss. Fortunately, non-scarring hair loss is much more common. Acute telogen effluvium, often triggered by significant life ...

Folliculitis decalvans is a scarring folliculitis of the scalp in ... Patients typically present with a complaint of "pimples" and hair loss of the scalp, which can be very painful and/or pruritic.