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This article reviews the pharmacology of bimatoprost and prostamide F2α, highlighting bimatoprost's therapeutic applications in glaucoma, hair growth, and potential fat reduction, without reporting new experimental results.

This study found that the top 10 film villains have a higher frequency of significant dermatologic features than the top 10 heroes, which may contribute to societal prejudice against individuals with skin conditions.

This study described seven male patients and six female carriers of keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans, highlighting distinct dermatological and ophthalmic markers including follicular hyperkeratosis and corneal dystrophy.

This review presents standardized methods for assessing and tracking hair loss in alopecia areata but reports no clinical results, with the authors noting time limitations in clinical practice.

Hair loss in women often doesn't follow a pattern, isn't linked to age, may be genetic, and can be related to thyroid issues or other health factors.

This study reports that hypomorphic alleles of the Ass1 gene in mice resemble human CTLN1, providing a potential model for preclinical studies and indicating that standard treatments for CTLN1 can rescue phenotypes.

This viewpoint essay discusses the potential of fullerene C60 derivatives as novel treatment agents in dermatology, highlighting their ability to act as both radical scavengers and oxygen radical generators.

This article discusses the lack of national credentialing for laser therapy practitioners and emphasizes the need for rigorous self-assessment and expertise, particularly when treating patients with darker skin, without presenting new research results.

This study observed that the thinning and structural abnormalities in monilethrix-affected hair occur at the internodes due to possible periodic dysfunction of the hair matrix, particularly in the cortex.

SJS/TEN survivors often have severe, overlooked long-term physical problems that are not properly treated after leaving the hospital.

Treat scalp and beard fungal infections early with oral antifungal medication and sometimes topical therapy, avoiding unnecessary allergy tests and surgery.

This article reviews central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, focusing on its multifactorial etiology and challenges in clinical diagnosis, and calls for more research and better treatment options.

This study observed that black-haired areas in female Saluki puppies developed hypotrichosis, with dilated hair follicles containing melanin clumps, while white-haired areas remained normal.

This study provides evidence that a polygenic component contributes to the heritable risk for androgenetic alopecia, indicating the need for further research to identify the complex biological pathways involved.

In this study, Hedgehog signaling in dermal papilla fibroblasts was found to accelerate hair growth and induce follicle multiplication in mice via the SCUBE3/TGF-β pathway, with some effects observed in human scalp hair follicles.

This review highlights current knowledge about quality of life assessment in alopecia areata, noting limited use of existing instruments and a need for further validation.

This report of two pediatric cases suggests that careful diagnosis of scalp lesions as possible dermatophytic infections is crucial to avoid inappropriate surgical treatment and facilitate proper conservative management.

Darker hair may lead to higher cortisol readings, suggesting a need to adjust for hair color in studies.

This study reported that the treatment of hair with glyoxylic acid straighteners causes major conformational changes within the hair fiber due to interactions between carbonyl and keratin components.

This study identified multiple factors affecting the severity of alopecia areata, suggesting they could inform a tool for measuring disease impact and guide treatment selection.

This study found that in genetically diabetic mice, supplementation with safflower or evening primrose oil prevented the decrease in certain fatty acids and improved skin conditions, but increased plasma glucose levels.

This study found that deletion of c-Jun and JunB in mouse bulge hair follicle stem cells was sufficient to trigger psoriasis-like skin disease through thymic stromal lymphopoietin signaling.

This study found that Black patients with discoid lupus erythematosus had significantly worse CLASI damage scores and higher odds for dyspigmentation, scalp involvement, and scarring alopecia compared to non-Black patients.

This review discusses the clinical features, genetics, and treatment of 21-hydroxylase deficiency, a common type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and reports no new research findings.

This paper presents consensus guidelines for standardized diagnostic criteria and assessment methods for frontal fibrosing alopecia to improve clinical research and data collection globally.

In this report, a 26-year-old man with folliculitis decalvans unresponsive to standard treatments experienced significant disease clearance after 25 months of systemic photodynamic therapy, marking the first documented use of this therapy for this condition.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can affect men's beards and leads to permanent hair loss.

HPV does not cause aggressive cancer in RDEB patients.

This study found that mechanical damage from grooming and environmental factors contributes to crack formation and eventual breakage in African-American hair, highlighting the need for continuous care.

Norfolk Terriers have a genetic skin defect causing scaling and blisters due to a keratin issue.