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This review discusses the various potential causes of hair loss in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including telogen effluvium from disease flares, but provides no prevalence data; the authors outline a practical assessment and management approach.

This review summarizes existing and new cases of generalized pustular psoriasis and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with COVID-19, noting that over half lacked a known drug trigger.

This study found that both patients and physicians expressed dissatisfaction with disease control in systemic lupus erythematosus, with patients showing greater dissatisfaction than physicians regarding symptoms.

This case report describes the first instance of ANCA positive vasculitis secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease, highlighting the complex interplay of immune dysfunction and treatment challenges.

This review discusses vaccine safety concerns for individuals with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, noting vaccine hesitancy due to observed exacerbations post-vaccination and a lack of comprehensive trial data.

Adult acne is more common in women, often linked to hormones, and can be harder to treat.

This study observed that people with autoimmune blistering skin disorders report higher food intolerance rates, particularly avoiding alcohol, citrus, and spicy foods, and suggests potential dietary influences on symptom management.

This study found that adding platelet-rich plasma to microneedling improved outcomes for atrophic acne scars more than microneedling alone, according to both quantitative and qualitative assessments.

This study found that alcoholic extracts of Cinchona succirubra, Dictamnus dasycarpus, Brassica juncea, and Sophora flavescens promoted hair growth in 5-week-old mice.

This study observed a higher incidence of telogen effluvium from July to October, suggesting a summer-related effect in populations above the Tropic of Cancer, possibly influenced by ultraviolet light.

This study found that loss of epidermal PPARγ in mice altered the expression of many genes related to skin inflammation, keratinization, and sebaceous gland function, indicating its key role in maintaining skin homeostasis.

This study found that inflammatory dermatoses, especially atopic dermatitis, were the most common pediatric skin conditions at a Brazilian reference center, highlighting different patterns compared to adult skin disorders.

In this study of seborrhoeic dermatitis in pigmy goats, researchers found that the disease has chronic cycles of remission and relapse without clear infectious or nutritional causes, and corticosteroid treatment provided only temporary relief.

This study found that persistent acne in adult females is often moderate severity, and younger age, premenstrual flare, and irregular menstruation were linked to PCOS, suggesting a need for screening.

In a mouse study, topical application of certain herbal extract mixtures showed accelerated hair regrowth compared to controls, with noted increases in specific enzyme activities and growth factors that may aid alopecia treatment.

This case report describes a 50-year-old man with folliculotropic mycosis fungoides stage IB, noting trichoscopic findings like dilated follicular openings, black dots, and dystrophic hairs, which are less commonly documented in this condition, suggesting trichoscopy could aid in early diagnosis.

This article reviews the characteristics, common locations, and causes of epidermoid cysts, noting that surgical excision is the standard treatment, but it reports no new clinical findings.

This report details a refined hair transplantation method called direct no-shave follicular unit excision (DNS FUE), which avoids donor-site shaving and minimizes follicular trauma while yielding high patient satisfaction.

This study reviewed how certain phytochemicals can stimulate hair follicles, promote keratinocyte proliferation, and engage specific signaling pathways like Wnt/β-catenin and AKT, suggesting these natural compounds may offer safer alternatives for promoting hair growth. However, challenges in bioavailability and formulation standardization remain to be addressed.

In this study, researchers developed a novel platform for discovering potential hair loss inhibitors by investigating the testosterone/dihydrotestosterone biosynthetic pathway and its regulation through biochemical mechanisms involving 17β-HSD and 3β-HSD, combined with medicinal plant extracts.

In this study investigating canine pyoderma, the researchers found that Staphylococcus species isolated from 57 dogs were most sensitive to the antibiotic Linezolid, with a 100% sensitivity rate, followed by other antibiotics like Doxycycline hydrochloride and Cefpodoxime.

Pink berry extract effectively treats scalp issues from frequent head covering.

This review discusses the generally well-tolerated use of PRP and microneedling, detailing mild adverse events like transient pain and rare severe complications such as irreversible blindness, emphasizing the need for proper technique and precautions to prevent these issues.

This case report describes a carpenter who presented with contact dermatitis and trichopathy with whitish nodules in the axillary hair.

This study found that adult acne is more inflammatory than adolescent acne and predominantly affects the cheeks, jaw-line, and chin.

In this study, the most common types of alopecia observed in patients visiting an oriental medicine clinic were androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium.

This study reports that a patient with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus experienced disease exacerbation after the first dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but tolerated the second dose without adverse reactions.

This study observed that spironolactone improved hidradenitis suppurativa in over 80% of female patients at 3 and 6 months, with no significant differences in response due to menstrual flares or polycystic ovarian syndrome, but mild adverse events were reported.

In this case series, treatment with clascoterone cream 1% was reported to be effective and well tolerated for diverse acne vulgaris patients, improving clinical outcomes whether used alone or in combination with other therapies, and addressing various other skin conditions.

This study found that moderate acne was the most common type among patients, with females predominantly affected, and highlighted that several factors, like seborrhea, were linked to acne severity.