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Trichoscopy is a quick, noninvasive method to diagnose hair and scalp disorders, often reducing the need for biopsies.

Inflammation around hair follicles leads to hair loss, and treatments should focus on reducing this inflammation and other factors for effectiveness.

Telogen effluvium is a reversible hair loss condition that requires a detailed diagnosis and often resolves on its own.

Hair follicles may soon be used more for targeted and systemic drug delivery.

Hair loss in male pattern baldness involves muscle degeneration and increased scalp fat.

Trichoscopy can effectively tell apart tinea capitis and alopecia areata in children by looking for specific hair shapes.

Corkscrew and cigarette-ash-shaped hairs in tinea capitis are caused by internal hair degradation and external resistance.

Drosha and Dicer are essential for hair follicle health and preventing DNA damage in skin cells.

Chemotherapy can cause permanent, non-reversible hair loss similar to pattern baldness.

Other common signs, not just the well-known immune cells around hair bulbs, are important for diagnosing hair loss from alopecia areata.

Scarring alopecias are complex hair loss disorders that require early treatment to prevent permanent hair loss.

Scalp cooling can help prevent chemotherapy-induced hair loss with a 50-90% success rate and is safe for patients.

The document suggests that the traditional understanding of hair growth cycles and alopecia may be inaccurate and that blood supply plays a significant role in hair growth and loss.

Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide is effective for treating patchy hair loss, and dermoscopy helps detect treatment response and side effects early.

Reflectance confocal microscopy can tell apart white dots on the scalp as either sweat gland ducts or hair follicle openings.

The four main causes of hair loss in children are fungal infections, pulling out hair, autoimmune hair loss, and stress-related hair shedding.

Male pattern baldness involves hormone-related hair thinning, shorter hair, and inflammation.

Pigmented casts are common in several hair loss conditions and can help diagnose specific types of alopecia.

The study suggests computer-assisted analysis of scalp biopsies could improve hair loss diagnosis but needs more validation.

Deleting the Far2 gene in mice causes sebaceous gland issues and patchy hair loss.

Polarized microscopy is a quick and free method to correctly identify types of hair loss.

New suturing technique with wider intervals and shallow stitches helps prevent scalp scars and promotes hair growth.

The document concludes that treatments for cicatricial alopecia are not well-supported by evidence, but hair transplantation shows more predictable and satisfactory results.

Microneedling with either platelet-rich plasma or 5% minoxidil can increase hair growth in people with androgenetic alopecia, but minoxidil might be slightly better.

Diagnosing alopecia areata is challenging and requires careful examination and various tests to distinguish it from other hair loss types.

Trichotillomania is a condition where people repeatedly pull out their hair, which can be triggered by stress and has various physical signs.

Trichoscopy is effective for diagnosing different types of non-scarring hair loss.

The conclusion is that accurate diagnosis of different types of hair loss requires good teamwork between skin doctors and lab experts.

Some chemotherapy can cause permanent hair loss.

Certain scalp patterns can indicate the severity and activity of hair loss in Turkish alopecia patients.