June 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This study evaluated the 308-nm excimer laser as an adjuvant treatment for frontal fibrosing alopecia and found it may stabilize hairline recession and improve erythema and perifollicular hyperkeratosis, with transient erythema as the only reported adverse effect.
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August 2017 in “Clinical case reports” A rare skin condition causes red and dark patches on the face and limbs.
January 2006 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” This study found that stem cell factor combined with fibronectin and type IV collagen promotes migration of amelanotic melanocytes, which may help explain their movement during vitiligo repigmentation.
November 2023 in “Journal of cosmetic dermatology” This report describes three cases of erythromelanosis follicularis faciei et colli showing significant improvement in facial telangiectasia following treatment with a 595-nm pulsed dye laser, with minimal recurrence observed during follow-up.
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December 2015 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This article introduces a new grading system called the FPHL Severity Index to better identify and monitor early stages of female pattern hair loss using clinical criteria.
June 2025 in “Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine” This study reports that high-frequency ultrasound can characterize frontal fibrosing alopecia by assessing dermal atrophy, hair follicle changes, and subclinical inflammation.
April 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, the researchers observed significant metabolic dysregulation in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, particularly involving lipid metabolism and the downregulation of AMPK-related genes.
Folicrex may help with hair growth and health but lacks clinical evidence.
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March 2018 in “Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis” This study identified 43 compounds in Platycladi Cacumen, including flavonoids, and found significant chemical variation in flavonoid content across different regions and processed products.
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February 2016 in “Sultan Qaboos University medical journal” This case report describes a patient with a severe pruritic rash and hair loss in both axillary regions, with no fluorescence under a Wood's lamp and hair follicle-centred papules observed through dermoscopy.
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November 2018 in “Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” This source reviews treatments for female pattern hair loss and discusses the challenges in achieving effective regrowth, highlighting the need for combinations of topical, systemic, and interventional therapies.
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June 2012 in “PloS one” This study identified a novel SCF mRNA splice variant in white merino sheep skin, which may play a role in hair follicle melanogenesis.
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November 2018 in “Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine” This review discusses the role of the CXXC5 protein as a transcription factor and signaling coordinator, noting its involvement in embryonic development, tissue homeostasis, and diseases such as tumorigenesis, but reports no new experimental findings.
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January 1997 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports that progressive frontal fibrosing alopecia, a distinct and gradually stabilizing form of lichen planopilaris affecting elderly women and often involving eyebrow hair loss, lacks effective treatments.
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August 2023 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” This study observed that treating acne scars with fractional ablative laser concurrently with isotretinoin improved outcomes more effectively compared to applying the laser 6 months after isotretinoin treatment ended, as measured by the Quantitative Global Acne Scarring Grading System.
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March 2012 in “Actas dermo-sifiliográficas/Actas dermo-sifiliográficas” Dermoscopy helps diagnose frontal fibrosing alopecia by identifying specific scalp features.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study reported that the absence of Lsh in skin led to significant epidermal hyperplasia and altered gene expression, suggesting its crucial role in regulating epidermal proliferation, differentiation, and wound healing.
May 2024 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” The researchers reported increased ubiquitination of proteins such as the insulin receptor in CYLD cutaneous syndrome skin tumors, suggesting that CYLD dysfunction may affect protein secretion and signaling processes.
January 2020 in “Clinical Case Reports and Reviews” This study observed that the coexistence of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia and lupus erythematosus in a patient may suggest a shared pathogenic background.
January 2004 in “uO Research (University of Ottawa)” This study found that overexpression of Claudin 6 in mice led to incomplete epidermal formation and hair abnormalities, suggesting its crucial role in skin differentiation and hair follicle development.
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June 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This study found that sterile fucoidan promotes T cell proliferation but reduces differentiation at higher concentrations and suppresses osteogenic differentiation in co-cultured environments.
June 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study identified expression patterns of long non-coding RNAs during the hair follicle cycle in yak, revealing potential functions and sequence conservation with cashmere goats.
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February 2017 in “The American journal of dermatopathology/American journal of dermatopathology” This case report presented a 52-year-old man with cutaneous focal mucinosis, exhibiting rare follicular induction of the epidermis, underscoring the importance of recognizing this association in differential diagnoses.
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May 2021 in “EBioMedicine” This study observed that aberrant DNA methylation in murine and human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma likely contributes to the silencing of tumor suppressor genes, notably affecting the FILIP1L gene.
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July 2017 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study observed that frontal fibrosing alopecia also occurs in men, with clinical features and areas of involvement similar to those seen in women, but often affecting sideburns and facial hair.
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December 2002 in “Novartis Foundation Symposium” In this research, LEF1 was identified as a crucial transcription factor for submucosal gland development in mouse and ferret tracheas, though it requires other factors to induce gland formation.
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October 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study of women with frontal fibrosing alopecia, delgocitinib cream improved the molecular signature of lesions and demonstrated potential as a treatment, showing significant transcriptomic changes and some clinical improvements over 12 weeks compared to a cream vehicle.
March 2026 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that Cnidium officinale extract and its compound ferulic acid improved hair growth by promoting dermal papilla cell function and mitochondrial activity, suggesting their potential as a new treatment option for alopecia, possibly through estrogen receptor alpha activation.
June 2023 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study reports a unique case of coinheritance of BRCA2 and CYLD pathogenic variants in a man with metastatic malignant cylindroma, suggesting that recognizing such genetic profiles in rare conditions can provide new treatment options, including the potential use of therapies targeting BRCA deficiency.
July 2022 in “International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics” This study concluded that the optimized caffeine-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers improved hair growth by enhancing permeation through skin layers more effectively than an existing market formula.