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This review discusses the interplay between endocrinology and dermatology in PCOS, highlighting the roles of hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and chronic inflammation in related skin conditions, but reports no new clinical results.

This study found that human placental extract significantly improved melasma, chronic ulcers, and alopecia areata without major adverse effects, suggesting its effectiveness and safety for these conditions.

In this study, two cases of cutis verticis gyrata were associated with chronic traction alopecia due to tight hairstyles, highlighting the need to consider hairstyling history in diagnosis and management.

In this study, clinical case reports of three patients with advanced plaque scalp psoriasis treated with combination therapy including betamethasone dipropionate cream showed symptom relief within 2–3 weeks, highlighting the effectiveness of this treatment approach for managing scalp psoriasis.

This study found that the use of hot combs with petrolatum in Black women causes irreversible alopecia limited to the crown of the scalp, resulting in follicular scarring.

This review discusses chronic telogen effluvium, focusing on the potential role of hormonal fluctuations and circadian control genes, and reports no new clinical findings.

This review explores the efficacy and safety of treatments for dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, revealing a predominance of case reports and series, and concludes that randomized controlled trials are needed for better evidence-based therapies.

The document says a skin condition called alopecia areata causes hair loss and stress, and is treated with strong skin creams, injections, or other therapies, but treatment success varies.

This article discusses the characteristics, diagnosis, and clinical presentation of different variants of lichen planopilaris on the scalp, with emphasis on cicatricial alopecia and the importance of clinical and trichoscopic monitoring; it presents no new clinical results.

In this case study, trichoscopy was found to be a valuable non-invasive tool for diagnosing dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, enabling early detection and intervention to prevent disease progression and reduce the need for invasive procedures.

This review discusses the etiology, clinical features, and treatment options for lipedema and lipedematous scalp and reports no new clinical results.

This case report in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology discusses dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, emphasizing its disproportionate impact on Black males and the need for early diagnosis and effective management to mitigate scarring and quality of life issues.

This article reports a case of Rowell syndrome in a woman with chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus that appeared to be triggered by COVID-19 infection, suggesting a potential connection.

This review summarizes trichoscopic features for diagnosing common hair loss disorders and reports no new clinical results, emphasizing their diagnostic utility in conditions like alopecia areata and trichotillomania.

This article explores the role of ketoconazole shampoo in hair care beyond treating dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis, suggesting it may reduce hair shedding and chronic scalp inflammation, potentially complementing treatments for androgenetic alopecia.

This review evaluates dihydrotestosterone's role in androgenic alopecia and proposes a model suggesting that chronic scalp tension and inflammation contribute to hair follicle miniaturization, identifying fibrosis, calcification, and tension as treatment targets.

This case report describes a 29-year-old woman with longstanding alopecia areata who experienced improvement in her scalp hair loss after 7 years of topical treatment with squaric acid dibutylester.

Botulinum toxins show promise in treating various conditions, but more research is needed for hair and scalp disorders.

This review discusses erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp, including its characteristics, potential triggers, and its classification as a neutrophilic dermatosis, but reports no new clinical findings.

This study suggests that while platelet-rich products show promise in treating dermatological conditions like chronic wounds and skin aging, there is still a need for standardized methodologies and extensive trials to confirm their long-term clinical benefits.

Netherton syndrome can cause severe and chronic vulvovaginal symptoms that may improve with continuous oral contraceptives.

In this case report, an African American male with signs of acne keloidalis nuchae highlights the condition's chronic nature and need for early intervention to minimize permanent scarring and its psychosocial impact.

This case report describes a Japanese bone marrow transplant recipient who developed a high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma on the scalp, potentially linked to long-term voriconazole use.

This article reviews the causes, characteristics, and treatment options for seborrheic dermatitis, discussing its prevalence in specific populations, without providing new research findings.

This study suggests that seborrhoeic folliculitis may represent a unique form of cicatricial alopecia, linking chronic scalp dermatitis-folliculitis with low-grade inflammatory fibrosing alopecia.

This study discusses various causes and treatments of hair loss, with a focus on the potential effectiveness of Ayurvedic and synthetic methods, but emphasizes that more research is needed for specific conditions like Telogen Effluvium.

This case report describes irreversible alopecia universalis following discontinuation of Peg-IFN/RBV treatment for chronic hepatitis C, highlighting potential autoimmune side effects of interferon-based therapies.

In this study, Wang et al. (2022) found that in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus, chronic lesions contained more senescent progenitor cells, marked by p16 and p21, than subacute lesions, suggesting a link between disease chronicity and cellular senescence.

This review of Leon Sperling's Atlas of Hair Pathology discusses the visual and diagnostic value of its comprehensive coverage on hair and scalp diseases but reports no new clinical findings.

This paper reviews various cases of hair loss, detailing the specific histopathological findings associated with different types of alopecia and scalp disorders, but provides no new clinical results.