Female Diffuse Non-Cicatricial Alopecia: The Diagnostic Value of Trichoscopy

September 2023 in “ Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ”

Matilde Iorizzo, M Marcondes, Andrea Sechi, Anastasia Therianou, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Michela Starace

trichoscopy diffuse non-cicatricial alopecia telogen effluvium androgenetic alopecia alopecia areata incognita diffuse alopecia areata miniaturized hair vellus hair upright regrowing hairs yellow dots pigtail hairs black dots exclamation mark hairs hair thinning hair loss patterns hair regrowth signs

Studysummary In this study, the authors compared trichoscopy findings for different forms of diffuse non-cicatricial alopecia in females and suggested that trichoscopy might often replace the need for histopathological confirmation, reserving biopsies for more uncertain cases.

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