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In this retrospective study of eight Saudi children with hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets, researchers observed that adjunctive cinacalcet appeared safe and showed initial promise in improving serum PTH levels, though further investigation is needed to confirm its efficacy.

This review provides a detailed overview of the causes, prevalence, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of beard alopecia, highlighting conditions such as alopecia areata, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and tinea barbae, and aims to serve as a resource for clinicians handling such cases.

This case report documents the presentation and diagnosis of a rare bullous pilomatrixoma in a 20-year-old female using fine needle aspiration cytopathology, highlighting diagnostic challenges and features.

This review discusses how hair and nail manifestations can indicate systemic diseases, emphasizing the importance of these appendageal clues in physical diagnosis, but reports no new findings.

This review discusses various treatment options for Alopecia Areata, focusing on both medical and psychological approaches, and reports no new clinical results.

This review covers cell transplantation methods for genitourinary reconstruction, discussing tissue sources and complications but presenting no new clinical findings.

Docetaxel, a chemotherapy drug, was reported to cause psoriasis in a patient for the first time.

This chapter reviews various dermatological drugs and treatments, highlighting adverse effects, with no new clinical findings reported.

This article discusses the extent of investigation needed for diffuse alopecia in women but reports no new findings.

This study highlights the importance of recognizing non-nutritional forms of rickets, which can manifest with subtle symptoms like alopecia and cataracts, and emphasizes that a comprehensive diagnostic approach, including genetic testing, can improve management and treatment outcomes.

In this review, the authors report that tacrolimus ointment shows promise for expanding its use to a variety of skin conditions, beyond its current approval for atopic dermatitis, by analyzing clinical experiences of its application for rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, and other dermatoses.

This research highlights the common and varied skin-related symptoms associated with chronic kidney disease, emphasizing that early recognition and multi-pronged management involving nephrology and dermatology can improve patient outcomes.

This review highlights the potential role of vitamin D and its analogs in managing alopecia areata, noting that vitamin D deficiency and altered receptor expression may be linked to disease severity and that supplementation could help reduce severity and relapse rates.

This review discusses the unique clinical features, challenges in diagnosis, and treatment protocols of frontal fibrosing alopecia in men, noting the overlap with other types of alopecia and the need for further studies.

This review describes the clinical signs, symptoms, and diagnostic findings for alopecia frontal fibrosante, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and variable treatment options, and reports no new findings.

According to this review, frontal fibrosing alopecia in men exhibits unique clinical features and is often misdiagnosed, underscoring the need for validated diagnostic criteria and treatment evaluation.

This case report described a patient with erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp who was resistant to multiple treatments, suggesting that combination therapy may be more effective than monotherapy for managing refractory cases of this condition.

This article discusses psoriasis, highlighting its common triggers, such as trauma and infections, and potential treatment options ranging from topical therapies to systemic medications like methotrexate for severe cases.

This case report describes a 27-year-old male with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1, characterized by symptoms including fever, dysarthria, dysphagia, oral candidiasis, nail dystrophy, alopecia, hypoparathyroidism, and dilated cardiomyopathy. The study highlights unique bilateral symmetrical brain calcifications and underscores the syndrome’s diverse manifestations.

This review discusses various therapeutic options for frontal fibrosing alopecia and highlights the need for more research, as existing data are largely retrospective and lack precise treatment guidelines.

In this case study, researchers describe a rare instance of pilomatricoma with ossification in a 32-year-old woman, highlighting specific histopathological features and the role of bone morphogenic proteins and macrophages in its development.

This study presented an elderly male with a nodular lesion diagnosed as pilomatricoma and discussed the value of diagnostic tools like dermoscopy and high-frequency ultrasonography, encouraging clinicians to consider pilomatricoma in differential diagnoses of nodular lesions across all ages.

In this case report, a 9-year-old Labrador with hyperadrenocorticism showed improvement in clinical signs after three months of treatment with cabergoline, suggesting it may be an effective alternative treatment for this condition in dogs.

This source reviews popular cosmeceutical ingredients for skin care, noting that while they are popular among consumers for anti-aging benefits, many lack robust clinical evidence for their efficacy and safety, as they are not regulated by the FDA.

This randomized control trial reported that patients with alopecia areata typically have lower serum Vitamin D levels, and treatment with topical vitamin D3 analogue calcipotriol led to significant hair regrowth in 71% of participants over six months.

Malassezia species may contribute to hair loss in AGA patients.

In this study, researchers highlighted that in sarcoidosis, macrophages in granulomas can produce vitamin D, potentially leading to calcium imbalances, where vitamin D supplementation may cause hypercalcemia, necessitating careful laboratory assessment before supplementation.

This study found that alopecia areata patients often had low vitamin D levels, and topical calcipotriol treatment significantly reduced the severity of their hair loss.

This study found that Cyclosporin A may prolong the anagen phase of hair growth in cultured dermal papilla cells by decreasing TGF-β2 expression, similar to its mechanism in immunosuppression.

This report describes siblings with vitamin D-dependent rickets type 2, characterized by growth retardation, alopecia totalis, and low 25(OH)D3 levels, highlighting its autosomal recessive pattern and distinction from other rickets types.