This case study reported that Ayurvedic treatment using Pracchana and Bibhitaki Lepa significantly improved symptoms of alopecia areata in a 41-year-old woman, reducing patch size and hair fall.
August 2018 in “Ayurline: IJ-RIM” This review discusses the role of diet and lifestyle in managing alopecia and reports no new clinical results.
June 2018 in “Journal of Clinical Periodontology” A patient with "strawberry gingivitis" improved after correct treatment for Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, highlighting the need for early diagnosis.
January 2018 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This review discusses current pharmacological proposals for treating alopecia areata, highlighting the need for individualized treatment plans due to limited clinical trial evidence and potential for spontaneous remission.
December 2017 in “The Sri Lanka Journal of Dermatology” This study reports a case where treatment with the TNF alpha inhibitor infliximab successfully resolved refractory alopecia universalis in a 41-year-old woman.
This review discusses the pathogenesis and new treatments for alopecia areata, highlighting the role of the hair follicle's immune and hormone systems and potential therapies like JAK inhibitors and immunomodulators.
March 2014 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Azathioprine may help with severe hair loss, a new topical treatment could counteract hair thinning, and trichoscopy can diagnose hair-pulling disorder effectively.
February 2014 in “Medicine - Programa De Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado” This paper reviews various types of scarring and non-scarring alopecia, including their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment, but it reports no new clinical results.
June 2013 in “Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases” This article highlights the crucial role of lupus specialist nurses in supporting patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by providing advice, education, and facilitating self-management to improve outcomes, without reporting new clinical findings.
February 2013 in “Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice” Different types of alopecia in children require specific diagnoses and treatments.
January 2010 in “The Internet Journal of Family Practice” This article reviews the clinical features, incidence, and systemic effects of hypothyroidism across different age groups and reports no new clinical findings.
January 2008 in “Springer eBooks” Thyroid disease can cause hair loss and treating thyroid problems might help with hair disorders.
January 1991 in “Journal of Pediatric Health Care” Hair loss in children can be caused by fungal infections, trauma, autoimmune disorders, or stress, and treatments vary depending on the cause.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review highlights the potential for JAK inhibitors to effectively treat inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases by targeting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, advocating for an integrated approach to enhance targeted therapy.
June 2026 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This study observed a rare case of alopecia areata with granulomatous inflammation, successfully treated with intralesional triamcinolone, leading to complete hair regrowth within two months, highlighting the need for careful diagnosis to distinguish it from other granulomatous alopecias.
April 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” Hair loss is common and varies by type, with androgenetic alopecia being the most prevalent.
January 2026 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” UV dermoscopy helps detect white hairs in children more effectively.
November 2025 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This review explores the causes and management of premature greying in children, noting it may indicate underlying health issues, and emphasizes structured evaluations and treatments, particularly for nutritional deficiencies and hypothyroidism, to address hair depigmentation.
August 2025 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This case report is the first to document the coexistence of bullous pemphigoid, malignant tumors, and alopecia areata in a patient, highlighting the complete resolution of skin lesions with dupilumab and spontaneous hair regrowth without disease-specific treatment.
January 2025 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study explored how T cells interact with hair follicles in primary cicatricial alopecias by using spatial transcriptomics across mice, dogs, and human samples, revealing specific communication pathways and potential drug targets like CFD and S100A8/9 for future therapeutic research.
January 2025 in “Updates in clinical dermatology” COVID-19 vaccines can cause minor skin reactions, including those related to Bullous Pemphigoid, but these usually resolve on their own.
This study found that using SH-SY5Y cell lysate in Western blot analysis may improve the diagnosis of Satoyoshi syndrome by providing more consistent and clear immunoreactive band patterns compared to brain homogenate, potentially leading to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
June 2024 in “Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association” This review article explores common causes of hair loss in female patients, such as autoimmune and hormonal factors, and discusses various diagnostic and treatment approaches, highlighting the potential for permanent hair loss due to untreated inflammation.
October 2023 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” In this case report, a shift from Hashimoto's thyroiditis to Graves' disease was observed in a 62-year-old woman, highlighting the rare transformation from hypothyroidism to hyperthyroidism over 20 years, possibly due to changes in antibody activity, according to the researchers.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study reports that CD200R expression is significantly reduced in an experimental mouse model of scarring alopecia, suggesting a potential role for this pathway in immune regulation and hair follicle protection.
June 2022 in “Journal of pharmaceutical research international” This article discusses scalp dermatoscopy and home CI therapy as promising diagnostic and treatment options for alopecia areata but reports no new clinical results.
April 2022 in “Cermin Dunia Kedokteran” This paper reports on five cases of alopecia areata in children and emphasizes the importance of understanding its characteristics for accurate diagnosis in pediatric patients.
August 2019 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Depression and hair loss may influence each other.
March 2017 in “Medicina y Laboratorio” This report describes a possible new association between alopecia areata and Helicobacter pylori eradication, highlighted by a case of hair regrowth after treating the infection, without presenting broader clinical results.
January 2016 in “Journal of The Korean Medical Association” This paper discusses alopecia areata, its autoimmune nature, factors influencing susceptibility, diagnostic challenges, and treatment limitations, concluding that no current therapy is curative or preventive; it reports no new clinical results.