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Different races and genders have unique skin and hair issues, requiring specialized care and more research for effective treatment.

This study found that infections and eczematous conditions were the most common skin disorders across all ages, with acne vulgaris being notably prevalent in adolescents and young adults.

Different scalp conditions can lead to hair loss or tumors, with treatments varying from creams to surgery; early detection is crucial.

More research, better treatments, and public education are needed for dermatological conditions in people of African descent.

This case report details a 61-year-old Afro-Caribbean man with pseudofolliculitis barbae induced by oral minoxidil.

This article discusses the inflammation process in dissecting cellulitis and folliculitis keloidalis, noting the role of follicular rupture and hair fragments while reporting no new results; the authors highlight differences in bacterial presence and pathogenesis understanding.

This thesis presents a review and cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of specific scalp disorders among Africans, examining potential links with hairstyles and proposing a new severity scoring system for traction alopecia.

This article proposes expanding dermatologic care through barbershops to improve health access and trust among Black men, particularly for conditions like pseudofolliculitis barbae and acne keloidalis nuchae; it reports no new clinical findings.

This review examines the histological features of keloid disease, its differentiation from similar skin conditions, and emphasizes gaps in current research while reporting no new clinical findings.

This review discusses the natural history, clinical features, and treatment updates for keloids but reports no new clinical findings.

This case report discusses a 69-year-old woman with alopecia areata who presented with a growing lesion on her hand, raising diagnostic considerations during her appointment for scalp steroid injections.

A man had a non-cancerous, fast-growing skin lump on his arm that was removed with surgery.

This case report establishes the diagnosis of seborrheic keratosis in an elderly Indian woman based on histopathological examination, highlighting its potential to mimic malignant tumors and emphasizing the importance of differential diagnosis.

This study found that eccrine duct dilation is significantly more frequent in cicatricial alopecias compared to noncicatricial alopecias, possibly due to the scarring process.

This case report describes an 89-year-old woman with a recurrent benign proliferating trichilemmal tumor on her back, highlighting its misdiagnosis as a sebaceous cyst and successful excision with free margins.

This study reported the case of a 30-year-old man with a bluish-grey scalp nodule that developed over a previously stable hairless plaque, revealing histopathological features consistent with epithelioid cell nests and spindle-shaped dermal melanocytes embedded in collagen.

This study reported a rare case of necrobiosis lipoidica occurring on the scalp, leading to scarring alopecia, and highlighted a positive response to glucocorticoid therapy by reducing the brightness and growth of plaques over one month.

This case report details a 36-year-old man with atypical necrobiosis lipoidica on his face, characterized by annular lesions and prominent giant cells without clear granuloma formation.

This case report details an instance of Wolf's isotopic response, where a 76-year-old patient developed keloids at the site of a previous herpes zoster infection, highlighting the unclear pathogenesis and theoretical explanations for such occurrences.

A case study reported a 15-year-old boy with a diagnosis of giant folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma on his right buttock, characterized by malformed hair follicles and sclerotized collagen.

In this case report, a 24-year-old male with a translucent nodule in the left nasolabial fold was diagnosed with a solitary fibrofolliculoma with cystic changes upon histopathology, emphasizing the rarity and potential for misdiagnosis of these benign cutaneous tumors.

This report discusses a case of extensive keloid formation at the donor site following hair transplantation, emphasizing the need for surgeons to be cautious in patients with a history of keloid tendencies.

This report discusses a case of an intradermal nevus in a 42-year-old woman and provides no clinical findings beyond a biopsy showing hyperkeratosis and cellular pigmentary changes.

This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge of inverted follicular keratosis, emphasizing the importance of histopathology for accurate differentiation from malignancies.

This case report describes a 59-year-old woman with cicatricial alopecia and multiple skin lesions, including nodules and plaques, with biopsy results showing a lymphocytic infiltrate and collagen replacement.

This case study highlights that sarcoidosis lesions can occur following hair removal by waxing, emphasizing the need to consider superficial traumas as potential triggers for cutaneous sarcoidosis.

This review discusses acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa, a rare disorder often linked to internal malignancy, and reports no new clinical findings; the authors highlight proposed pathogenic mechanisms for lanugo hair overgrowth.

This study reports that multiple pyogenic granuloma-like lesions can occur at punch graft sites following hair transplantation, highlighting a potential complication for physicians to be aware of.