Female Pattern Hair Loss and its Relationship to Permanent/Cicatricial Alopecia: A New Perspective
December 2005
in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings”
TLDR Some women with common hair loss may develop permanent hair loss.
This article from 2005 explores the relationship between female pattern hair loss (FPHL) and permanent/cicatricial alopecia. FPHL is a common hair disorder of the central scalp that is generally considered reversible, but there is evidence of permanent hair loss that develops in a subset of women with FPHL. The article discusses different types of hair loss in women, including FPHL, frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), cicatricial pattern hair loss (CPHL), and central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA). Effective therapies for these types of hair loss have yet to be identified, and the article calls for further research to better understand the etiology of FPHL and its relationship to permanent/cicatricial alopecia.
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