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This study demonstrated that individuals with alopecia areata in Japan experience significant stigma and mental health issues, with perceived stigma and dissatisfaction with hair growth negatively correlated with disease severity.

In this study conducted at a tertiary dermatological clinic, researchers identified and described the clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological features of preclinical folliculitis keloidalis, including novel dermoscopic findings such as perifollicular scale, which was associated with fibrosis.

This source highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, involving medical, mental health, and trichology professionals along with peer support facilitators, in promoting psychological well-being for individuals with alopecia areata.

This guideline by the British Association of Dermatologists reviews managing alopecia areata and provides 56 recommendations but reports no new clinical results.

This qualitative review reports a high socioeconomic impact of atopic dermatitis and alopecia areata, emphasizing significant quality of life reductions and increased costs, but highlights a lack of comprehensive data from many regions worldwide, underscoring the need for global studies with standardized methodologies.

This study in north Sudan found that 25% of women have traction alopecia, with the condition linked to factors like family history of pattern baldness and the use of hair color or chemicals, while increasing age was associated with a lower risk.

This study proposes that the ability of humans to grow long scalp hair is linked to the evolutionary adjustment of molecular checkpoints that regulate the hair growth cycle, potentially influenced by its roles in communicating age, maturity, and social signals.

In this review, the authors explore how wigs can significantly improve the quality of life for individuals with alopecia areata by providing emotional benefits and serving as a coping mechanism for hair loss, while also addressing economic considerations and potential barriers to their use.

This review discusses the pathophysiology, economic burden, and treatment options of alopecia areata and reports no new clinical results, highlighting the need for better therapies, including JAK inhibitors.

In this randomized controlled trial, researchers are assessing the efficacy and safety of acupoint catgut embedding combined with topical 5% minoxidil in treating androgenetic alopecia among 70 men, with primary outcomes focusing on changes in hair count after 24 weeks of treatment.

This study reports that a 6–12-week course of oral griseofulvin can achieve mycological cures in 70% to 100% of tinea capitis cases.

This discussion presents insights by Dr. Jonathan Ballon but does not report new clinical findings.

This review discusses the incidence, reversibility, and impact of chemotherapy-induced alopecia and concludes that scalp cooling is the most effective prevention method in most cases, though some questions remain.

This chapter reviews the history, dosing, pharmacology, toxicology, and administration techniques of scalp anesthesia for hair restoration surgery, and reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses scalp reduction surgery for male-pattern baldness, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing bald areas when hair transplantation alone is not sufficient, without increasing total hair volume.

Gunshot injuries to the face require urgent care and multiple surgeries for recovery.

This report describes complications such as infection and scarring in men who underwent hair implantation for pattern baldness, suggesting these issues may occur broadly with this procedure.

This review discusses systemic antifungal treatments for tinea capitis in children, noting that newer agents like terbinafine and itraconazole require shorter courses than the traditional griseofulvin, but may be more costly.

In this retrospective chart review, researchers found that keratinocyte carcinomas on the scalp and forehead of non-alopecic women occurred more frequently in the part line of the scalp, with basal cell carcinoma being more common than squamous cell carcinoma.

This study found that the occipital scalp is significantly involved in female pattern hair loss, with some patients showing clinically visible alopecia.

The girl's "dandruff" was actually harmless hair casts, not a hygiene issue.

The authors discuss that hair loss affecting the occipital scalp is understudied and may be caused by factors like movement irritation and clothing occlusion; this lack of data can lead to missed diagnoses and inadequate treatment.

This case report discusses the use of a prostaglandin analogue for treating eyebrow loss in a patient with frontal fibrosing alopecia, but provides no new clinical results.

Granuloma faciale can occur on the scalp, especially in people with advanced hair loss, and may improve with treatment.

This letter to the editor reports no new results but discusses the effect of hairpieces on the perceived quality of life in female pattern hair loss patients.

This case study describes successful treatment of a left temporal scalp arteriovenous malformation through a multidisciplinary approach combining endovascular embolization and surgical excision, resulting in high patient satisfaction.

This article provides an overview of hair restoration surgery options and applications for cosmetic and reconstructive hair deformity treatment and reports no clinical results.