Long-term remission of folliculitis decalvans after treatment with the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser

    August 2013 in “ Journal of dermatological treatment ”
    Arne A. Meesters, JP Wietze Van der Veen, Albert Wolkerstorfer
    TLDR Laser therapy may effectively treat persistent scalp inflammation.
    Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disorder that often leads to scarring alopecia and is typically resistant to conventional antibiotic and immunomodulatory treatments. This document presented a case of persistent FD that achieved long-term remission following treatment with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser, suggesting that this laser therapy could be a promising alternative for managing recalcitrant FD.
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      Folliculitis decalvans is a rare scalp condition causing scarring hair loss, treated with long-term antibiotics and other medications, but it often comes back and is hard to manage.