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This case study identifies early-onset trichotillomania in a 4-year-old girl, treated with behavioral interventions that led to decreased hair pulling and regrowth over three months.

This case report describes an eight-year-old Kashmiri boy diagnosed with monilethrix, a rare genetic hair disorder, characterized by a beaded appearance and fragility of the hair shaft.

This report documents two cases of severe systemic poisoning from heavy metals after short-term use of traditional Chinese medicines for treating damaged or infected tissue.

This review discusses diagnostic challenges and management approaches for pediatric hair disorders, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between acquired and congenital conditions, and reports no clinical results.

In this study, increasing cases of allergic contact dermatitis in Bulgaria were linked to the use of natural products like propolis and marigold.

This study provides a comprehensive review of trichotillomania, focusing on its clinical symptoms, etiology, diagnostics, and treatment methods, while also addressing serious complications like trichobezoars and Rapunzel Syndrome.

This source highlights that alopecia areata is a complex autoimmune disorder leading to patchy, nonscarring hair loss with variable treatment responses, reflecting unmet clinical needs. Advances in genetic research are improving understanding, yet current treatments often lead to persistent relapses.

In this study, tinea capitis was identified as the most common cause of noncicatricial alopecia in children, followed by alopecia areata and marginal traction alopecia. Diagnosis using trichoscopy enhanced understanding by revealing specific hair and scalp disorder characteristics.

This review examines the various types of alopecia, their impact on hair growth and appearance, and discusses potential future treatments, by analyzing changes in hair structure and physiology throughout life.

This study suggests that pili annulati is likely more common than traditionally thought, highlighting the importance of recognizing its characteristic clinical and trichoscopic features for accurate diagnosis.

A 2-year-old boy has a rare hair disorder causing brittle hair and hair loss, which may improve with age.

This case report describes the rare coexistence of alopecia areata and lichen planus in a 42-year-old man, with alopecia stabilizing after topical betamethasone treatment.

A man's red tattoo caused a skin reaction and hair loss in his beard, which improved after treatment.

This chapter reviews various hair disorders, focusing on androgenetic and scarring alopecias, and discusses management strategies, but presents no new research findings.

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder causing hair loss, linked to specific hair follicle antigens and genetic factors.

This study found two recurrent missense mutations in the hHb6 gene associated with monilethrix in families from Russia and Colombia, supporting their role in this hair disorder worldwide.

This report details a rare case of lipedematous alopecia with classical symptoms, including scalp swelling and patchy hair loss in a 40-year-old woman.

This study presented a case of a Labrador Retriever with recurrent skin lesions and confirmed vitamin A-responsive dermatosis after successful treatment with vitamin A therapy, highlighting the importance of considering vitamin A deficiency in primary keratinization disorders.

The document concludes that an experimental drug may help wound healing in Epidermolysis Bullosa, links Hydroa vacciniforme to EBV, discusses diagnosing hair loss disorders, finds many children with eczema have allergies, reviews the safety of a skin medication in children, notes side effects of a Duchenne's treatment, and identifies a marker for pediatric mastocytosis.

This case report documents a 28-year-old woman who experienced complete scalp hair loss, which began a year earlier with patchy baldness and progressed to loss of eyebrow, axillary, and pubic hair.

This study suggests that novel diagnostic, preventive, and treatment approaches for autoimmune diseases like alopecia areata may be developed by identifying hub genes, and highlights the usefulness of machine learning and bioinformatics in finding new disease biomarkers.

This case study reported on a 6-year-old boy with frictional alopecia in the lower limbs, likely linked to his habit of cross-legged sitting and occasional rubbing, highlighting the condition's rarity in pediatric cases and emphasizing the need for further research in this age group.

In a randomized phase 2b clinical trial, oral ritlecitinib significantly reduced facial vitiligo area scores in patients with active nonsegmental vitiligo compared to placebo, with a favorable safety profile observed over 48 weeks, suggesting its potential as an effective treatment option (Ezzedine et al., 2023).

This case report describes the first known instance of loose anagen hair syndrome in a Southeast Asian child, a 13-year-old Thai boy with hair thinning and excessive shedding on the frontal scalp.

This case study reports on an 11-year-old boy with woolly hair nevus, featuring twisted hair shafts and an abnormal hair cuticle, alongside epidermal nevi on his face and back.

This report describes an 8-year-old male with trichotillomania, confirmed by trichoscopy showing characteristic hair damage and patterns.

This review examines the clinical presentation of alopecia areata in children and compares it to adult-onset cases, noting that data on pediatric cases is scarce and often varies, with reported onset typically between ages 6 and 12.

Propranolol can cause reversible hair loss.

This case report details the dermoscopic features of oral lichen planus in a young adult male, using mucoscopy to reveal a tri-colored pattern with unique structures and vascular patterns.

This case report describes two acute hair-related manifestations, alopecia areata and Marie Antoinette syndrome, observed in the same patient following COVID-19 infection.