Pseudo Alopecia Areata Caused by Skull-Caps with Metal Pin Fasteners Used by Orthodox Jews in Israel

January 2003 in “ Journal of Immunology Research ”

Chaim Yosefy, Meir Ronnen, Dennis Edelstein

Alopecia Areata Pseudo Alopecia Areata non-pharmacological treatment hair loss lesions

Studysummary In this study, replacing the original pin with a different one on a larger cupola improved pseudo alopecia areata lesions in 58.8% of patients.

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