Scarring (Cicatricial) Alopecia: What It Looks Like & Treatment
2023年1月6日 · Scarring alopecia, also called cicatricial alopecia, is a type of hair loss caused by the destruction of your hair follicles (shafts on the surface of your skin that hair grows through). …
Approach to the patient with hair loss - Journal of the American ...
Diagnosing alopecia requires a comprehensive approach and should include a thorough history, scalp, and hair examination, and when necessary, laboratory analysis and biopsy.
Alopecia Areata: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Regrowth
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks your body’s hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss. Medications and therapies can help your hair regrow, though severe cases may not …
Trichoscopy of Localised Cicatricial Hair Loss - DermNet
Reduced number of follicular ostia. White, porcelain, gray, beige, erythematous and milky white areas. Interfollicular areas show prominent honeycomb pigment pattern in dark skin …
Trichoscopy: A Complete Overview - DermNet
2019年12月31日 · Follicular openings (dots) Trichoscopy is a useful tool in assessment of the hair follicle condition whether: Normal; Fibrotic; Empty; Plugged with keratin; Containing hair …
Overview of Alopecia: A Dermatopathologist’s Perspective - PMC
The loss of follicular openings or ostia is a key clinical finding that differentiates scarring from non-scarring alopecia. 18 Because the scarring alopecias can progress to permanent hair loss, the …
Using ink to highlight follicular ostia when performing trichoscopy
2020年7月12日 · The presence or absence of follicular ostia is an important feature in differentiating scarring and nonscarring alopecias. However, this might be quite difficult to …
Editor’s Pick: Diagnostic Evaluation of Hair Loss: A Narrative Review
2023年10月26日 · Follicular ostia examination differentiates between scarring and non-scarring alopecia, where a lack of follicular ostia suggests scarring alopecia (e.g., FFA; Table 1). …
Trichoscopy and Histopathology of Follicular Keratotic Plugs in …
Dermoscopy has become an integral part of diagnosing scalp disorders including discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). Follicular keratotic plugs are a marker of DLE and correlate with the …
Approach to the patient with hair loss - ScienceDirect
2023年8月1日 · Hair loss is a common complaint among both men and women and is associated with significant psychologic distress. Due to the varied causes, it is important to correctly …