Lipedematous Alopecia of the Scalp

January 2006 in “ Dermatology Online Journal ”

Bianca Maria Piraccini, Stylianos Voudouris, Massimiliano Pazzaglia, Giulia Rech, Colombina Vicenzi, Antonellá Tosti

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Studysummary This study observed that finasteride treatment induced mild improvement in androgenetic alopecia in one male patient while stabilizing the condition in another, but lipedematous scalp remained unchanged.

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