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Mostly postmenopausal Caucasian women get Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, which often includes eyebrow loss and has limited treatment success.

No effective treatment for frontal fibrosing alopecia was found, but oral 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors had the best response; for lichen planopilaris, topical corticosteroids were commonly used but had a high relapse rate.

The treatment helped reduce symptoms and stabilize the hairline in most patients with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, but hair regrowth was limited.

Dutasteride may help stabilize Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, but more research is needed.

Treatments for permanent hair loss from scarring aim to stop further loss, not regrow hair, and vary by condition, with partial success common.

A premenopausal woman had hair loss and skin issues, treated with topical steroids.

There may be a connection between Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia and Lichen Planus Pigmentosus, and more research is needed to confirm this.

Lichen Planopilaris and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia may help us understand hair follicle stem cell disorders and suggest new treatments.

Researchers found three patterns of Frontal fibrosing alopecia, with Pattern III having the best prognosis after treatment.

Dermoscopy helps diagnose and monitor treatment for hair loss from scarring conditions like discoid lupus and lichen planopilaris.

Some women with common hair loss may develop permanent hair loss.

Oral dutasteride and topical pimecrolimus can safely and effectively treat Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, leading to significant hair regrowth.

Oral dutasteride can potentially treat frontal fibrosing alopecia in postmenopausal women, with some patients showing disease arrest and hair regrowth.

Hair transplant destroyed by lichen planopilaris.

Isolated long hairs at the original hairline can help diagnose Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia.

The cause of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia is unclear, diagnosis involves clinical evaluation and various treatments exist, but their effectiveness is uncertain.

Tight hairstyles and chemical relaxers can cause hair loss known as traction alopecia.

Small white dots on the scalp seen with a dermoscope correspond to sweat ducts and vary with different hair disorders.

The most common hair loss type at specialist clinics is androgenetic alopecia, especially in younger men, followed by alopecia areata and telogen effluvium, with differences seen across regions.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia mainly affects postmenopausal women and may be linked to thyroid hormones.

Hair transplantation may not work for Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia as transplanted hair was lost when the disease came back.

Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide helps regrow eyebrows in patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Trichoscopy helps diagnose and assess the severity of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia.

Hair transplantation might work for some people with frontal fibrosing alopecia, but more research is needed.

The updated SALT II tool offers a more precise way to measure scalp hair loss.

Men with Frontal fibrosing alopecia typically lose hair on the front scalp and sometimes on sideburns and upper lip, with treatments showing varied success.

Perifollicular erythema can indicate active frontal fibrosing alopecia.

The pseudo 'fringe sign' can also appear in frontal fibrosing alopecia, not just in traction alopecia, showing that this condition may be more common than thought.

The document concluded that more research is needed to find the best treatment for Frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Some treatments like intralesional steroids and 5α-reductase inhibitors are effective for frontal fibrosing alopecia, but more research is needed.