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Hair extensions help Black women express identity and cultural heritage.

This case report describes a 23-year-old African-American woman who suffered a small bowel obstruction after ingesting hair from a hair weave, highlighting a specific risk associated with trichophagia in Black hair care practices.

Different methods like wigs, extensions, and devices can help improve hair volume for thinning hair.

The researchers reported that using extenders during scalp reductions increased effectiveness by 30 to 86% and prevented "stretch-back" in subsequent procedures.

This case study reports a young male with alopecia universalis experienced significant hair whitening following baricitinib treatment, highlighting the need for further research on JAK inhibitors' impact on hair pigmentation and their underlying mechanisms.

In this study, hair follicle-associated pluripotent stem cells from transgenic mice successfully normalized hair follicles and stimulated hair growth in athymic nude mice, indicating potential for cellular hair-loss therapy.

In this study, three patients with extensive alopecia areata receiving ustekinumab treatment showed significant hair regrowth and decreased inflammation over 20 weeks, suggesting potential targeted treatment for this condition.

This literature review found a lack of scientific studies on whether apple cider vinegar rinses can reduce carcinogenic exposure from synthetic hair extensions, indicating a need for future research to explore this potential intervention.

This study found that excision with primary closure is an effective surgical treatment for extensive acne keloidalis nuchae, with good cosmetic results and minimal recurrence observed among patients.

In this study, 3% topical minoxidil showed some efficacy in hair regrowth for patients with extensive alopecia areata, especially those with less than total scalp hair loss, but did not lead to complete remission.

This article reviews extensive genetic polymorphisms in the keratin-associated proteins of human hair, indicating complexity but reporting no new clinical results and calls for further research on their potential impact on hair structure.

This study concluded that microsurgical reconstruction is a reliable method to achieve stable coverage of large, complex scalp defects, although cancer control rates were poor.

In this study, topical minoxidil was found to be an effective, safe, and easy treatment for individuals with alopecia areata affecting 25–99% of the scalp, but less effective for total scalp hair loss.

This study found that apremilast treatment did not result in sustained improvement for most patients with treatment-resistant alopecia areata, although one patient experienced significant benefit.

In this study, treatment with DPCP alone was more effective for hair regrowth and presented fewer side effects in chronic extensive alopecia areata compared to combination therapy with DPCP and anthralin.

This case report describes a 37-year-old woman who developed widespread hair loss following the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, which mostly recovered after topical corticosteroid treatment.

This study on Alzheimer's patients found that chronic sodium selenate treatment (up to 23 months) was safe and well-tolerated, with most adverse events being mild, and suggested potential slowing of cognitive decline, though confirmation requires further controlled studies.

This study found that whisker follicle stem cells transplanted to injured spinal cords in mice contributed to healing and unexpectedly grew hair at the injury site.

This case report describes a rare instance of pediatric idiopathic hypoparathyroidism in an 11-year-old Saudi boy, characterized by extensive cranial calcifications beyond the basal ganglia, with no other neurological abnormalities.

This case report describes a 56-year-old man with late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus where digital gangrene was an initial manifestation, highlighting its rarity as a primary sign.

This overview describes the Dermatologic Surgery journal's comprehensive coverage of dermatologic surgery, including cosmetic and reconstructive procedures, but it presents no new research findings.

This case report found that a patient with ritlecitinib-resistant alopecia areata experienced significant recovery after 24 weeks of treatment with upadacitinib, highlighting its potential effectiveness and suggesting benefits of personalized treatment strategies targeting the JAK1-mediated pathway.

This report observed that a patient with alopecia areata, resistant to ritlecitinib, experienced significant recovery after 24 weeks of treatment with upadacitinib, highlighting its potential in treating ritlecitinib-resistant cases and suggesting personalized treatment strategies in managing alopecia areata.

The study presents a case report of a 17-year-old male with rapidly progressive alopecia areata that worsened following emotional stress; the authors reported complete hair regrowth after treatment with individualized homeopathic prescribing, nutritional correction, and lifestyle guidance at Dr Batra’s® Homeopathy Clinic.

This article examines how digital technologies, drawing on Marshall McLuhan's concept of media as an "extension of man," transform design thinking by creating new possibilities without replacing it, emphasizing the need for a hybrid, reflective practice in design.

In this study, CRISPR/Cas9-engineered Arabidopsis mutants revealed diverse functional differences among expansin proteins essential for root hair growth, highlighting variability in protein trafficking, cell wall binding, and evolutionary changes in critical residues affecting wall loosening.

This study introduced and validated the VESALT, a visual extension of the Severity of Alopecia Tool, finding it offers improved reliability and user-friendliness over SALT by incorporating pattern recognition and broader coverage, including non-scalp regions, in assessing alopecia areata severity.

In this study, an 8-year-old girl with dermatomyositis and extensive calcinosis showed complete clearance of calcinosis and good disease control after treatment with a combination of corticosteroids, methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, pamidronate, and intravenous immunoglobulin.

This study suggests potential causal associations between certain lipid levels, specifically HDL-C and triglycerides, and alopecia areata, highlighting the importance of lipid management as a therapeutic target.

This report describes a pancreatic mixed acinar-neuroendocrine carcinoma in a cat, underscoring its diagnostic complexity and the need to consider it in diagnoses of pancreatic masses with mixed features.