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This study found an increase in certain dermatological conditions like dermatitis and scabies, and a decrease in others such as psoriasis vulgaris and atopic dermatitis during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous year.

In this study, intralesional steroids were the most effective treatment for alopecia areata, achieving cosmetically acceptable hair regrowth in 88% of patients, compared to cryotherapy at 76%, phenol at 52%, and phototherapy at 36%.

This report presents a unique case where a man developed Beau's lines on all fingers of one hand after a thumb injury, with the lines eventually disappearing as the nails grew.

This review discusses the integration of ultrasound in dermatology for improved lesion visualization and diagnosis, highlighting recent technological advancements like handheld devices and high-frequency probes, and reports no clinical results.

This review discusses the cutaneous side effects of chemotherapy, noting that they frequently involve changes to skin, hair, and nails, and reports no new results.

This article reviews the skin, hair, nail, and mucosal changes linked to various pediatric endocrine disorders but provides no new clinical findings.

In this case study, a man's hair and nail symptoms, following dental treatments, resolved with mesalazine therapy after investigating suspected clindamycin allergy and diagnosing mucosal changes.

The researchers reported a case of Beau's lines in a 65-year-old man, potentially linked to past severe COVID-19 infections, suggesting that identifying these nail changes might signal prior infection and increased risk of reinfection.

This study observed that chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis frequently experience dermatologic manifestations, with xerosis and white nail being the most common skin and nail changes noted in 74% and 56% of patients, respectively.

This case report highlights a 60-year-old patient's diagnosis with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, characterized by gastrointestinal polyps, diarrhea, weight loss, brittle nails, alopecia, and skin changes, which showed improvement with treatment.

This study found that patient-reported outcomes revealed the persistence of neuropathy, insomnia, and nail changes in breast cancer patients beyond chemotherapy, emphasizing the importance of monitoring long-term adverse events.

This study observed a high prevalence of severe markers among pediatric alopecia areata patients, identifying AA subtotalis as more frequent, with nail changes and various hair markers suggesting progression to severe forms.

This study found no significant difference in serum Vitamin D levels between children with alopecia areata and healthy controls, nor was there any correlation between Vitamin D levels and the severity, duration, or pattern of the condition, or nail changes.

In this report of a pediatric alopecia case, cortisone and ACTH gel treatments did not result in significant nail improvement, but there was considerable scalp hair regrowth.

This article suggests that nail abnormalities might occur temporarily after COVID-19 vaccination, but they are self-limiting and should not deter individuals from getting vaccinated.

This study reported an unusual case of nail matrix involvement and trachyonychia in a child with juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris, showing significant improvement with topical therapy and oral biotin.

Skin changes can indicate starvation and nutritional deficiencies in anorexia nervosa.

Keratins change and are modified differently in skin layers and body parts.

Doctors should recognize various nail disorders, new allergens, and metabolic syndrome in patients, and use botulinum toxin carefully in aesthetic procedures.

The conference concluded that understanding hair and nail disorders is important, iron deficiency may be linked to hair loss, and while some treatments for skin conditions are effective, they may have risks and high costs.

This review discusses dermatologic changes in chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis and reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses normal skin changes during pregnancy such as pigmentary and glandular alterations, highlighting the need for physician awareness to avoid unnecessary treatments, and reports no new clinical findings.

Hand-foot-mouth disease may cause nail loss in children.

Feathers become harder as they develop due to a change in keratin type.

This chapter reviews patchy hair loss due to skin disease, nail disorders related to chronic trauma, and treatments for small carcinomas, but it reports no new clinical findings.

Cancer treatments can cause skin-related side effects that may affect patient quality of life and require changes in treatment.

This article reviews approaches to diagnosing and treating dermatophytosis and pityriasis versicolor, noting a significant change in the epidemiology of tinea capitis and highlighting the limitations of certain diagnostic techniques.

This study found that Hoxc13 mutations in mice cause defects in hair, nail, and tongue structures, with the most noticeable issue being brittle hair leading to alopecia.

This review discusses unspecific factors involved in the pathogenesis of skin diseases and potential ways cytokeratin changes might alleviate these conditions, but reports no new clinical results.

In this case report, a 14-year-old male with alopecia areata subtotalis and nail involvement showed significant improvement after 9 months of treatment with oral tofacitinib, including complete hair regrowth and nail texture improvement, though further studies are needed to confirm these findings.