2 citations
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January 2023 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This study suggests a potential role for systematic scalp examinations in first-degree relatives of patients with pattern cicatricial alopecia.
7 citations
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August 2021 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study suggests that early initiation of treatment in fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution may lead to a more favorable outcome, as evident in some patients experiencing arrested disease progression and hair regrowth.
15 citations
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December 2017 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This letter discusses potential pathogenetic links among frontal fibrosing alopecia, androgenetic alopecia, and fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution and reports no new clinical findings.
December 2024 in “JAAD International” June 2026 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case study suggests that intense inflammation after photodynamic therapy may trigger or worsen fibrosing alopecia in susceptible individuals.
5 citations
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February 2017 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This report describes three cases of hair loss that appear consistent with cicatricial pattern hair loss, a possible new subtype of scarring alopecia presenting in a female pattern hair loss distribution.
5 citations
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October 2019 in “JAAD Case Reports” This case report describes a young man with rapidly progressive cicatricial alopecia that shows features overlapping several other types, suggesting these conditions may exist on a spectrum.
July 2022 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This review discusses the classification of lichen planopilaris and its subtypes under the proposed term "lichenoid alopecias," suggesting they exist along a clinical and histological spectrum.
January 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This article questions whether frontal fibrosing alopecia and fibrosing androgeneic patterned hair loss are overlapping conditions or stages of the same process, calling for further research to clarify their underlying factors.
179 citations
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December 2004 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study observed that frontal fibrosing alopecia in postmenopausal women involves selective follicular inflammation, and finasteride treatment may slow disease progression, suggesting a potential androgen-related component.
November 2023 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This review presents European expert guidelines for diagnosing androgenetic alopecia across genders but reports no new clinical findings; it emphasizes the importance of trichoscopy for differentiating similar conditions.
27 citations
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January 2015 in “Current problems in dermatology” This article reviews various types of scarring alopecia, detailing their inflammatory characteristics, but presents no new clinical findings.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Trichology” In this 10-year study at a single hair referral center, pattern hair loss was the most common type of alopecia, affecting 67% of patients.
January 2025 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” Early diagnosis and treatment can help manage fibrosing alopecia in older women.
January 2024 in “Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine” This study observed that adipose tissue infiltration and ESGC displacement in scalp biopsies were more frequently found in frontal fibrosing alopecia and may play a role in the development of scarring alopecia.
May 2022 in “Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society (Print)” This article discusses the clinical features and treatment options for common types of hair loss in women and reports no new clinical results.
12 citations
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June 2020 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses platelet-rich plasma therapy for cicatricial alopecias like lichen planopilaris and reports no confirmed new clinical results; the authors highlight ongoing uncertainty about its effectiveness and potential risks.
July 2025 in “Russian Journal of Skin and Venereal Diseases” 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.
August 2023 in “JAAD Case Reports” This report describes a 57-year-old woman with fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, who experienced hair regrowth with combined treatment including hydroxychloroquine and other topical and oral therapies.
January 2022 in “Clinical Cases in Dermatology” This case report describes a 47-year-old man diagnosed with fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, treated with clobetasol propionate and oral minoxidil while advised to avoid hair transplantation.
1 citations
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April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, D-OCT imaging revealed distinct structural and vascular changes in patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia, highlighting the technique's potential for diagnosing and monitoring the condition's activity.
1 citations
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June 2022 in “PubMed” This article reviews the evaluation and management of scarring and nonscarring alopecias, emphasizing the importance of early treatment to prevent permanent hair loss in scarring forms, but reports no new clinical results.
35 citations
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November 2019 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reviewed 40 patients with scalp symptoms and identified a new variant of diffuse lichen planopilaris in 20 individuals, suggesting these conditions should be considered in similar cases.
September 2020 in “Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia” This review discusses fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, noting its trichoscopic and histopathological features, and emphasizes the importance for dermatologists to recognize and treat it early to prevent irreversible follicular damage.
September 2021 in “CRC Press eBooks” This review discusses the clinical and trichoscopic features of lichen planopilaris and notes its potential underdiagnosis prior to hair transplant, but it reports no new findings.
1 citations
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November 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses distinguishing features of Diffuse Alopecia Areata and Fibrosing Alopecia in a Pattern Distribution, but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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November 2021 in “CRC Press eBooks” This paper discusses treatments for male androgenetic alopecia, highlighting the effectiveness of finasteride and minoxidil, but reports no new study results.
September 2021 in “CRC Press eBooks” This review discusses the diagnostic features of androgenetic alopecia through trichoscopy and reports no clinical results; it emphasizes hair shaft variability and yellow dots as key indicators.
1 citations
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July 2024 in “JAAD Case Reports” This study links scalp pruritus in lichen planopilaris and its variants to the inflammation-induced release of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide by sensory nerves around hair follicle inflammation sites.
2 citations
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January 2017 in “Przegla̧d dermatologiczny” This study identified two distinct trichoscopic patterns in the mid-frontal scalp of patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia who also display clinical features of androgenetic alopecia.