Systemic Photodynamic Therapy in Folliculitis Decalvans

    September 2017 in “ Clinical and Experimental Dermatology ”
    N.J. Collier, D Allan, F. Diaz Pesantes … Ernest Allan
    Studysummary In this report, a 26-year-old man with folliculitis decalvans unresponsive to standard treatments experienced significant disease clearance after 25 months of systemic photodynamic therapy, marking the first documented use of this therapy for this condition.
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    1. Folliculitis Decalvans: A Multicenter Review of 82 Patients Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2015
    2. Primary Cicatricial Alopecias: Clinicopathology of 112 Cases Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2003