March 2026 in “Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases” This study reports ten cases of non-marginal traction alopecia in women with very long hair, which was improved with shorter hair cuts and topical minoxidil application.
2 citations
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January 2020 in “Skin appendage disorders” This article discusses traction alopecia in children and adolescents, emphasizing its occurrence due to hairstyles that exert chronic tension on hair, but reports no new findings.
1 citations
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February 2014 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” This case report describes a one-year-old boy with combined occipito-linear and triangular fronto-temporo-parietal alopecia and discusses the possibility of these lesions being a variant of neonatal occipital alopecia.
60 citations
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April 2018 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” This review discusses the causes and diagnosis of traction alopecia, emphasizing education for high-risk populations as there is currently no cure, and presents no new clinical findings.
October 2025 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This systematic review found very weak evidence supporting the use of minoxidil as an adjunctive treatment for traction alopecia, with improvements noted from 3 months onwards, primarily based on limited case reports and retrospective case series.