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Some women with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia also have Lichen Planopilaris, which can lead to more symptoms and affect hair outside the scalp.

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.

FFA's causes may include environmental triggers and genetic factors.

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

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

Lack of small, fine hair on the front hairline is a key sign of frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Dermoscopy helps diagnose frontal fibrosing alopecia by distinguishing it from other hair loss conditions.

Combination therapy with steroids and pimecrolimus improved or stabilized hair loss in most patients with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, who also had a high rate of hypothyroidism.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia and androgenetic alopecia may be related, with a possible shared cause.

Some treatments can stabilize Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, but more research is needed to find effective treatments, and hair transplants often fail.

A patient had both chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus and frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is linked to hypothyroidism but doesn't affect quality of life.

Most patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia are middle-aged women, often have thyroid disease, and some treatments can help stabilize the condition.

A male patient developed frontal fibrosing alopecia after antiandrogen therapy for prostate cancer.

Low-dose oral isotretinoin improved hair loss and facial bumps in patients with a specific type of hair loss.

Finasteride may help treat frontal fibrosing alopecia, but more research is needed.

Apremilast may help treat lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia when other treatments fail.

A lotion with minoxidil, hydrocortisone butyrate, and 17a-estradiol can improve or stabilize Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in some cases, but there's no universally-accepted treatment yet.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a hair loss condition in postmenopausal women, similar to lichen planopilaris, with ineffective treatments.

FFA is more common in postmenopausal women, can affect younger women, and may stabilize over time.

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

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

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

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

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

Oral isotretinoin effectively treats yellow facial papules in frontal fibrosing alopecia patients.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can cause sudden hair loss on limbs, similar to scalp hair loss.

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in men is often missed and can come with symptoms like facial bumps and hair loss on eyebrows and limbs.