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Lichen planopilaris is a chronic, scarring hair loss condition with no definitive cure, requiring accurate diagnosis and treatment to manage symptoms.

The yeast Pityrosporum ovale can cause skin allergies and infections, and antifungal treatments like ketoconazole are effective against it.

Versican, a protein, is less present in thinning hair follicles and this decrease might contribute to common hair loss in men.

Blocking β-catenin in skin cells improves hair growth during wound healing.

To diagnose hair loss, use a systematic approach including history, exams, and tests.

NF-κB is crucial for zebrafish heart repair, affecting heart cell growth and repair processes.

Skin diseases differ between Ghana and the UK, with infections most common in Ghana and malignant skin diseases most prevalent in the UK.

Sponge helps heal wounds faster with less inflammation and better skin/hair growth.

A certain smell receptor in hair follicles can affect hair growth when activated by a synthetic sandalwood scent.

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

EGF and KGF signalling prevent hair follicle formation and promote skin cell development in mice.

Certain genes control the color of human hair by affecting pigment production.

Skin has specialized touch receptors that can tell different sensations apart.

The tumor suppressor gene FLCN affects mitochondrial function and energy use in cells.

Activin helps skin growth and healing mainly through stromal cells and affects keratinocytes based on its amount.

COVID-19 can cause various skin lesions, which may result from the virus and immune response, and are not directly linked to illness severity.

EVAL membranes help create cell structures that can regrow hair follicles.

The VVG stain effectively differentiates scar tissue from normal skin and helps classify types of permanent alopecia.

Muscles and nerves that cause goosebumps also help control hair growth.

SHISA6 helps maintain certain stem cells in mouse testes by blocking signals that would otherwise cause them to differentiate.

Wnt10b overexpression can regenerate hair follicles, possibly helping treat hair loss and alopecia.

Human skin cells produce proenkephalin, which changes with environmental factors and skin diseases.

Mutations in Gasdermin A3 cause skin inflammation and hair loss by disrupting mitochondria.

The conclusion is that certain scalp tissue changes are characteristic of lichen planopilaris, with mucinous perifollicular fibroplasia being a new feature for diagnosis.

Cells in hair follicles help create fat cells in the skin by releasing a protein called Sonic Hedgehog.

Aging mice have slower hair regeneration due to changes in signal balance, but the environment, not stem cell loss, controls this, suggesting treatments could focus on environmental factors.

Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a severe skin condition often caused by drugs, with complex treatment and a high risk of death, but survivors usually heal without scars.

LGR5 helps maintain corneal cell characteristics and prevents unwanted changes by controlling specific cell signaling pathways.

The document concludes that accurate diagnosis of hair disorders is crucial and requires a range of diagnostic methods.

The protein folliculin, involved in a rare disease, works with another protein to control how cells stick together and their organization, and changes in this interaction can lead to disease symptoms.