Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia is a type of hair loss that primarily impacts Black women and may run in families. CCCA typically causes hair breakage, itching, and scaling of the scalp.

This form of primary cicatricial alopecia is seen mainly in African-American women. Former names for the condition are hot-comb alopecia, follicular degeneration syndrome, and pseudopelade in ...

Gina, a black woman, was raised in foster care ... she was diagnosed with Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA). This is a form of scarring alopecia which starts at the crown and works ...

2 Both traction alopecia and central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia are among the most common hair loss disorders presenting in Black women (33% and 15%, respectively). 3 Treatment for central ...

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a recently recognized form of primary cicatricial alopecia that ... This condition mostly affects postmenopausal women, but no connection to hormone status or the ...