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This case report describes a rare instance of Olmsted syndrome with hypotrichosis in a 5-year-old boy, noting mild improvement in symptoms following treatment with oral acitretin and other interventions.

This case report describes a nine-year-old girl with juvenile dermatomyositis and alopecia areata, suggesting a possible etiological link between these coexisting immune-mediated diseases, a previously unreported association.

This case report highlights the importance of considering artefacts like artificial hair fibers during trichoscopy, as they can interfere with the accurate diagnosis of hair conditions.

This letter discusses the potential role of zinc deficiency in hypothyroid infants with alopecia due to levothyroxine overdose and reports no new results.

This case study diagnosed a 60-year-old woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia after histopathological analysis showed characteristic scarring patterns in the hairline area.

This case study discusses a 36-year-old female diagnosed with a facial variant of eruptive vellus hair cyst, confirmed by skin biopsy, and highlights the importance of considering this condition in the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic facial papules.

This case report describes a 50-year-old woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia who showed no improvement despite multiple treatments, including intralesional triamcinolone and topical glucocorticoids.

This diagnostic discussion reports that diffuse alopecia areata was identified in a patient with diffuse hair loss, based on specific histopathological features observed in a biopsy.

This article reviews various treatments for leg ulcers, emphasizing therapies like compression, NPWT, HBOT, and potential future avenues like stem cells, but it does not report new research results.

This study found that female pattern hair loss in Western India is often associated with metabolic syndrome, which correlates with earlier onset and increased severity.

This study suggests that low-dose oral minoxidil could be a safe and effective option for male and female-patterned hair loss, potentially benefiting those unable to tolerate topical treatments.

This article discusses a combination of photobiomodulation and microneedling as a four-week treatment for male androgenetic alopecia in a case series, but reports no new clinical results.

This study developed and finalized standard treatment workflows for thirteen common skin diseases, such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis, to optimize management across primary, secondary, and tertiary care centers in the country, with resources available both online and in physical formats.

This study identified key dermoscopic markers such as yellow dots, black dots, broken hairs, and coudability hairs, which were associated with a poorer prognosis in alopecia areata patients.

This source outlines the crucial steps and techniques for conducting scalp biopsies to diagnose cicatricial and non-cicatricial alopecias, emphasizing the importance of proper biopsy site selection, technique, and specimen processing to accurately interpret histopathology and understand related hair follicle disorders.

This case report links sorafenib treatment in a 22-year-old man with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia to a rare instance of drug-induced pityriasis rubra pilaris-like eruption.

This systematic review identified that surgical treatments show a positive response for eyebrow and eyelash leukotrichia, while topical tofacitinib appears promising but requires further research to confirm its efficacy.

In this pilot study, both tofacitinib and methotrexate improved alopecia areata outcomes, but tofacitinib showed greater efficacy in achieving significant SALT score improvement after 6 months, although the difference was not statistically significant.

This study observed a rare case of alopecia areata with granulomatous inflammation, successfully treated with intralesional triamcinolone, leading to complete hair regrowth within two months, highlighting the need for careful diagnosis to distinguish it from other granulomatous alopecias.

This study in North India found that patients with alopecia areata have significantly higher levels of coagulation markers, metabolic dysregulation, and systemic inflammation compared to healthy controls, and these factors are linked with disease severity, indicating potential systemic implications beyond localized hair loss.

This study highlights the prevalence of photographic bias in before-and-after images in dermatology, emphasizing how factors like lighting and camera angles can mislead patients and influence expectations, often leading to dissatisfaction and unrealistic aesthetic standards.

This study found that individuals with premature graying of hair in India had significantly lower levels of serum ferritin, vitamin B12, and vitamin D3 compared to controls.

This study highlights that while hair oiling is an important cultural tradition in India, it may cause scalp issues for some people, suggesting a need for balanced, evidence-based dermatological advice.

This article reports a case of erosive pustular dermatosis on the scalp of an elderly male, highlighting its complex diagnosis and successful treatment with high-potency topical corticosteroids.

In this retrospective study, researchers described the dermoscopic features of dermatitis cruris pustulosa et atrophicans in 30 patients, finding that follicular-based pustules and other specific features were predominant, with male patients being more affected and primarily involving the lower extremities.

In this study, topical and intralesional vitamin D3 and its analogs were found to be effective and safe treatments for mild-to-moderate alopecia areata, achieving a 53.75% success rate, though intralesional vitamin D3 was less effective than other treatments like corticosteroids.

This article emphasizes the importance of educating dermatologists to reduce diagnostic delays in FD and highlights the need to screen for comorbid hidradenitis suppurativa and obtain bacterial cultures for effective treatment planning.

This review discusses current strategies for head and neck cancer treatment, highlighting the effectiveness of cisplatin in combination therapies, and notes increased toxicity with multimodal treatments but no overall survival advantage for doublet regimens; it reports no new clinical results.

This study found that visits for hair- and scalp-related disorders to a derm clinic increased significantly over a decade, with androgenetic alopecia showing the largest rise.