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    Glossary Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

    scarring hair loss at the front hairline, often in postmenopausal women

    Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA) is a type of scarring hair loss that primarily affects postmenopausal women, though it can occur in men and younger women. It is characterized by a progressive recession of the frontal hairline and often includes loss of eyebrows and other body hair. The condition is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles, leading to inflammation and permanent hair loss.

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    1. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Scarring alopecia in a pattern distribution Archives of Dermatology · 1994 · 332 citations
    2. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia: A frontal variant of lichen planopilaris Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1997 · 329 citations
    3. Postmenopausal Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Archives of Dermatology · 1994 · 325 citations
    4. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia Clinical and experimental dermatology · 2003 · 57 citations
    5. Steven Kossards postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia (PFFA)--a therapeutic dilemma. PubMed · 2010 · 2 citations
    6. Frontal fibrosing alopecia in postmenopausal women Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2004 · 179 citations
    7. Post-menopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia Clinical and Experimental Dermatology · 2003 · 49 citations
    8. Expression of Snail1 in the fibrotic dermis of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia: possible involvement of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition and a review of the Japanese patients British Journal of Dermatology · 2010 · 29 citations
    9. Three cases of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2005
    10. Treatment of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia with oral dutasteride Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2009 · 64 citations
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