Nonscarring Alopecias

The document concludes that understanding and treating hair loss requires recognizing its various types and using appropriate diagnostic tools and treatments.

Pigtail hair is a sign of new hair growth and should be recognized in hair loss conditions like acute telogen effluvium.

The Italian guidelines offer advice for diagnosing and treating alopecia areata based on expert opinion and limited clinical trial evidence.

A new tool can predict hair regrowth in patchy alopecia areata patients.

Children with alopecia areata have different trichoscopic features than adults, including more empty follicular openings and pigtail hairs.

Trichoscopy helps diagnose hair and scalp disorders in dark-skinned people by identifying unique patterns.

Tight hairstyles and chemical relaxers can cause hair loss known as traction alopecia.

Trichoscopy helps diagnose and monitor alopecia areata by looking at a combination of specific hair and scalp features.

Trichoscopy helps tell apart alopecia areata and trichotillomania in Asians by looking at specific hair and scalp features.

Trichoscopy is good for telling apart tinea capitis and alopecia areata in kids.

Corkscrew and cigarette-ash-shaped hairs in tinea capitis are caused by internal hair degradation and external resistance.

Dermoscopic examination helps diagnose different types of hair loss conditions by showing specific patterns.

Certain scalp patterns can indicate the severity and activity of hair loss in Turkish alopecia patients.

Dermatoscopy is useful for identifying different hair and scalp conditions and can reduce the need for biopsies.

Corkscrew hair may be a new sign for quickly diagnosing scalp fungus in black children.

Light microscopy is useful for diagnosing different hair disorders.

Guidelines for diagnosing common hair loss include detailed history, clinical examination, and various diagnostic techniques.

Trichoscopy can diagnose female hair loss with high accuracy by looking for specific patterns in hair and scalp appearance.

Comma hairs are a specific sign of tinea capitis when viewed with videodermatoscopy.

Videodermoscopy improves diagnosis of hair and scalp disorders and may reduce scalp biopsies.

Different ethnic groups have unique hair growth patterns, with African hair growing slower and less dense, Asian hair growing fast but sparse, and Caucasian hair being densest; men are more likely to experience hair loss than women.

Kenogen increases with hair loss in women.

Peripilar signs can help diagnose androgenetic alopecia and reveal its cause.

Telogen effluvium is a common type of hair loss that can resolve on its own or become chronic, with treatment depending on early diagnosis.

"Christmas tree" pattern helps diagnose female hair loss.

Telogen effluvium is a reversible hair loss condition that requires a detailed diagnosis and often resolves on its own.

Alopecia areata may appear differently depending on the individual's type of hair loss and scalp condition.

Common baldness, also known as Androgenetic Alopecia, is caused by a combination of genetic factors and hormones called androgens.