October 201415
Complications of hair restoration surgery in 73 men included postoperative edema in 42% and sterile folliculitis in 23%, with wide donor scar in 15%. Measuring occipital scalp laxity before donor strip harvesting allowed wider strips with significantly shorter donor wounds, though graft estimates ran low. Alopecia and coronary heart disease were linked in a meta-analysis, with risk rising with baldness severity. Dietary vitamin A in mice activated hair follicle stem cells via WNT signaling, accelerating alopecia areata progression.
- Complications of hair restoration surgery: A retrospective analysis In 73 men having hair transplant surgery, postoperative edema occurred in 42% and sterile folliculitis in 23%, with wide donor scar in 15%.
- Measuring occipital scalp laxity before donor strip harvesting in hair transplantation. In 39 transplant patients, preoperative occipital scalp laxity measurement allowed wider strips with significantly shorter donor wounds, though graft estimates ran low.
- Age-related hair changes in men: Mechanisms and management of alopecia and graying A review discusses mechanisms and evidence-based management of age-related hair loss and graying in men.
- Alopecia and its association with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors: A meta-analysis A meta-analysis of 31 studies found baldness linked to higher risk of coronary heart disease, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, rising with baldness severity.
- Low-level laser therapy for androgenic alopecia a review of low-level laser therapy for androgenic alopecia.
- Dietary vitamin A regulates wingless-related MMTV integration site signaling to alter the hair cycle In mice, high dietary vitamin A activated hair follicle stem cells via WNT signaling, accelerating alopecia areata progression.
- Evaluation of Serum Homocysteine, High-Sensitivity CRP, and RBC Folate in Patients with Alopecia Areata In a small study, alopecia areata patients had lower RBC folate, correlating with disease severity; homocysteine and CRP were normal.
- Emerging treatments in alopecia A review finds JAK inhibitors promising for alopecia areata and stem-cell hair follicle neogenesis entering clinical trials for pattern hair loss.
- Comparison of rheological properties, follicular penetration, drug release, and permeation behavior of a novel topical drug delivery system and a conventional cream A solid lipid microparticle dispersion released adapalene preferentially in sebum, potentially improving follicular drug delivery versus standard cream.
- Leptin of dermal adipose tissue is differentially expressed during the hair cycle and contributes to adipocyte‐mediated growth inhibition of anagen‐phase vibrissa hair In mice, fat-derived leptin varies across the hair cycle and inhibits growth of anagen-phase whiskers via follicle leptin receptors.
- Gene Expression of Osteopontin in Alopecia Areata? A Case-Controlled Study Osteopontin expression was significantly higher in alopecia areata lesions than in healthy controls, suggesting a role in the disease.
- The autoimmune basis of alopecia areata: A comprehensive review A review outlines the autoimmune basis of alopecia areata and suggests JAK pathway inhibition may be therapeutically effective.
- Półilościowa ocena hirsutyzmu u 850 pacjentek z zespołem policystycznych jajników i 2988 kobiet z grupy kontrolnej w Chinach In Chinese women, a Ferriman-Gallwey score of 5 or more suggests PCOS; hirsutism was far more common in PCOS patients (43%) than controls (10%).
- Alopecia areata. How not to miss Satoyoshi syndrome? A review proposes diagnostic criteria for Satoyoshi syndrome, which mimics alopecia areata, advising asking AA patients about muscle spasms and diarrhea.
- Hair disorders associated with autoimmune connective tissue diseases. A review describes hair loss patterns in lupus, dermatomyositis and scleroderma, with discoid lupus the main cause of scarring alopecia.