Corrections to 'Female Pattern Hair Loss and Its Relationship to Permanent/Cicatricial Alopecia: A New Perspective'

This document is a correction to a previous publication about female pattern hair loss and its relationship to permanent/cicatricial alopecia. The correction includes a change in the section title from "Central Center CCCA" to "Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA)" and provides a description of CCCA, which is a common type of hair loss that occurs almost exclusively in African Americans, particularly women. The document also suggests that hair-grooming methods specific to the African-American culture, such as hot combs, relaxers, tight braids, heavy extensions, and a variety of oils and pomades, could cause or contribute to the hair loss. No effective therapy for CCCA has been identified, and well-controlled clinical trials are needed to address these issues. The document also discusses the possibility that women with CCCA could have underlying female pattern hair loss, and a controlled trial of anti-androgens or 5% inhibitors early in the process may be of value to help sort out whether there is any androgen relationship to this process.