This study identified vertex accentuation as the second most common pattern of female pattern hair loss in Asian women.
October 2007 in “Springer eBooks”
November 2023 in “International Journal of Trichology” In this study, researchers observed that trichoscopy could reliably identify features such as anisotrichosis and signs associated with inflammation and fibrosis in female pattern hair loss, which may aid in assessing disease severity and guiding treatment decisions.
April 2023 in “Journal of Dermatological Treatment” This study observed a significant reduction in the number of hair follicles with a high proportion in catagen or telogen phase, along with visible vertical columns of connective tissue in the histopathologic examination.
March 2022 in “Veterinary dermatology” This case report provides the first evidence of clinical and histopathological findings of cutaneous diffuse basaloid follicular hamartomas in a young domestic short hair cat.
5 citations
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March 2009 in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology” This study found that DNA flow cytometry effectively evaluates physiological and hormonal influences on cell cycle kinetics of human anagen hair bulbs, with increased S phase cells observed in male pattern baldness, hirsutism, and hyperthyroidism.
January 2009 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports on a patient whose symptoms, including trichoepitheliomas and clinical alopecia, may suggest a new syndrome possibly linked to myasthenia gravis.
2 citations
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January 1997 in “Archives of Dermatology” This retrospective study of 1604 alopecia areata cases reported 13 instances of a potentially new hair regrowth pattern, termed the "androgenetic-like pattern".
March 2012 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study observed that white females with Ludwig I female pattern hair loss had higher hair density on the occipital scalp, whereas Asian females had thicker hair diameters in both frontal and occipital areas.
37 citations
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December 2001 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that human follicular papilla cells in the scalp produce leptin and express functional leptin receptors, suggesting leptin's significant role in hair biology.
9 citations
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January 2018 in “International Journal of Trichology” This case report discusses cutaneous graft versus host disease presenting as fibrosing alopecia, suggesting a mechanistic model for understanding cicatricial pattern hair loss.
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October 2012 in “PubMed” This study observed that telogen effluvium was the most common pattern of diffuse hair loss among 100 female patients, often associated with factors like stress and fever.
5 citations
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August 2012 in “Journal of Dermatology” This report presents a case where female pattern hair loss might be linked to tamoxifen use, with increased androgen receptor expression observed in the affected scalp area.
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January 2020 in “Bioscientia medicina” This review covers female pattern hair loss, outlining its progression, existing treatments like topical minoxidil and laser therapy, and notes that anti-androgen therapies need further investigation.
September 2020 in “Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia” This review discusses fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, noting its trichoscopic and histopathological features, and emphasizes the importance for dermatologists to recognize and treat it early to prevent irreversible follicular damage.
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April 2019 in “JAAD case reports” This case report presents a rare manifestation of secondary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma as erythematous macules coalescing into reticular patches on the scalp and forehead.
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March 1991 in “PubMed” This case report describes two instances of naevoid bundle hair on the scalp, where multiple hairs group from separate follicles into a single sheath and show abnormal reactivity to keratin antibodies.
January 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This article questions whether frontal fibrosing alopecia and fibrosing androgeneic patterned hair loss are overlapping conditions or stages of the same process, calling for further research to clarify their underlying factors.
This study found significant differences in facial heat distribution patterns among different types of alopecia, with androgenic, areata, and telogen types showing a T-type pattern, while seborrheic alopecia showed a diffused pattern.
January 2021 in “International journal of dermatology, venereology and leprosy sciences” This study found that trichoscopy is a valuable diagnostic tool for identifying hair loss patterns in women and can help avoid scalp biopsies in unclear cases.
August 2021 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This article discusses the introduction of the term 'prepubertal pattern hair loss' to describe hair thinning in children under 10 without physical abnormalities, and reports no new clinical findings.
30 citations
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December 2017 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study found significant differences in hair density, non-vellus hair diameter, and percentage of miniaturized hair between normal women and those with female pattern hair loss, particularly in the midscalp and parietal areas.
2 citations
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January 2023 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This study suggests a potential role for systematic scalp examinations in first-degree relatives of patients with pattern cicatricial alopecia.
March 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In this case study, a 20-year-old man experienced progressive hair loss starting as a localized patch on the vertex of his scalp, eventually spreading in a curvilinear pattern to the sides and back.
July 2007 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” This study introduced the BASP classification, a new system for categorizing pattern hair loss in both men and women, and applied it to analyze 2213 Korean subjects.
April 2024 in “Clinical dermatology review (Print)” In this study, trichoscopy was found to be an effective noninvasive tool for diagnosing female pattern hair loss at early stages, potentially eliminating the need for scalp biopsies.
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November 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses distinguishing features of Diffuse Alopecia Areata and Fibrosing Alopecia in a Pattern Distribution, but reports no new clinical results.
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May 2001 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study suggests that pilomatrixomas' maturation towards areas of shadow cells is linked to a gradual loss of differentiation-specific hair keratins, supporting a hair matrix origin for the tumor.
January 2002 in “Europe PMC (PubMed Central)” This study presents a follicular automaton model that simulates human hair cycle dynamics and can reproduce hair patterns similar to diffuse or androgenetic alopecia by incorporating spatially heterogeneous parameters and follicle miniaturization.
December 2024 in “JAAD International”