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This review discusses the evidence and literature on phototherapy for vitiligo but reports no novel clinical findings, highlighting the treatment's reliance on melanocyte reservoirs for repigmentation.

This case report describes a 41-year-old woman with segmental vitiligo and lichen sclerosus in the perineal region, where treatment with clobetasol ointment improved repigmentation and resolved many symptoms, although some scaling persisted.

The document suggests a bacteria plays a significant role in acne rosacea and that white hair can regain color after transplant, meriting more research on reversing grey hair.

This animal study observed that while topical MBEH and intraperitoneal phenol induced hair graying in eumelanic mice, they had little effect on pheomelanic mice, and amcinonide reduced certain epidermal melanocytes in both.

Technique effectively treats deformities, achieves re-pigmentation, and releases scar contractures.

This study found that in Jordanian children, tinea capitis, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium were the most common causes of hair loss, with nutritional deficiencies such as iron and zinc deficiency also noted as significant factors.

This study reports cases of androgenetic alopecia patients with depigmented macules on sun-exposed scalp areas, suggesting potential ultraviolet-induced scalp leukoderma not covered in existing dermatology texts.

A new surgical technique using vellus hair grafts effectively treated vitiligo without causing unwanted hair growth.

This study found that injecting drug users attending an oral substitution therapy center often experience skin lesions, which negatively impact their psychosocial health and quality of life.

Repigmentation in vitiligo may come from melanocyte stem cells in the skin.

This study found that mutant mice with the we/we wal/wal genotype exhibit significant defects in hair shaft structure and epidermis stratification, correlating with postnatal alopecia symptoms.

This review synthesizes recent research on how Wnt signaling regulates skin, hair follicle, and nail regeneration, highlighting its compartment-specific roles and discussing targeted strategies for treating conditions like alopecia, chronic wounds, and skin cancer.

This case report describes a unique occurrence of alopecia totalis resulting in pigmented hair growth over superficial scalp veins in an adult female using augmented betamethasone dipropionate ointment.

This study found that human iPSC-derived melanocytes from vitiligo patients successfully integrated into mouse hair follicles and epidermis, demonstrating potential for personalized therapy for depigmentation.

This chapter discusses the skin stem cell niche as a complex ecosystem and highlights the diverse components and interactions that influence stem cell function, but it reports no new experimental results.

This paper provides a comprehensive review of melanocytes' roles in skin biology, focusing on their pigmentation and immune functions, and suggests potential research opportunities for preventing and treating skin disorders.

Wnt signaling helps regenerate hair follicles in wounds by reducing skin cell sensitivity to mechanical stress.

This article reviews the process of repigmentation in vitiligo and emphasizes the role of UV light as the most potent stimulus, with no new clinical findings reported.

This review discusses progress in targeted therapies for vitiligo, focusing on Janus kinase inhibitors and the potential of mesenchymal stem cells, but reports no new clinical results.

In this review, researchers explored how PGC-1α might improve aged skin barrier function by influencing mitochondrial function and reducing inflammation, factors that are linked to epidermal health during aging.

This study describes vitiligo as an autoimmune disease marked by depigmented skin and mucosal patches, and reviews its complex pathogenesis and diagnostic features. Treatment aims for disease control and repigmentation through various topical and systemic therapies, phototherapy, and surgical options, emphasizing personalized, multimodal approaches.

This study on a 30-year-old male reported that single-hair follicular unit transplant effectively repigmented a stable vitiligo patch, achieving complete pigmentation in 8 weeks with no recurrence after 6 months.

This review explores hair signs related to nutrition disorders, such as thin and dyspigmented hair, without presenting new clinical findings; the authors highlight unknowns regarding underlying causes.

In this study, epidermal Notch activation increased jagged 1 expression, leading to skin changes like thickening and blistering, with these effects inhibited when jagged 1 was absent.

This review discusses the genetic and metabolic factors influencing hair pigmentation, as well as conditions leading to hypo- or depigmented hair, and reports no new experimental findings.

This chapter reviews recent developments in vitiligo research, highlighting the role of melanocyte stem cell differentiation and oxidative stress in its management, but reports no new clinical results.

This source outlines various surgical techniques as a potential treatment option for vitiligo, highlighting their usefulness when lesions are resistant to traditional therapies such as topical steroids, calcineurine inhibitors, and biological treatments.

This study concluded that controlled micro-injury induces hair regeneration and vitiligo repigmentation in mice, potentially through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

This review explores regenerative medicine approaches for vitiligo and alopecia areata, focusing on pathways for repopulating melanocytes and regrowing hair follicles, and summarizes potential treatments without reporting new clinical results.

This study found that macroscopic vesiculobullous lesions with epidermal devitalization in dogs are part of the clinical spectrum of canine cutaneous epitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma.