Hair Loss Following Kerion Celsi: A Follow-Up Examination

August 1984 in “ Mycoses ”

Erik K. Foged, Lissi Voss Jepsen

TLDR Most patients had less hair growth in affected areas after treatment.

The study evaluated hair loss in 18 patients more than 2 years after treatment for kerion Celsi with griseofulvin. Hair counts in previously affected areas averaged 103.3 hairs per cm², compared to 302 hairs per cm² in unaffected areas, showing a statistically significant difference. Among the patients, 4 had nearly normal hair growth, 7 had decreased hair growth with normal hair covering the lesions, 4 had decreased hair growth without normal hair covering the lesions, and 3 experienced severe alopecia.

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