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A new gene mutation may allow some piebaldism patients to regain skin color in white patches.

In this case report, PRP therapy led to almost complete clearance of hypopigmentation in a 28-year-old Caucasian female after laser hair removal, suggesting PRP could be a promising treatment option for various hypopigmentation conditions.

This letter reports a homozygous missense mutation in the LIPH gene causing autosomal recessive hypotrichosis simplex in a Chinese patient.

In this case study, a patient experienced darkening of hair color after taking acitretin, an oral retinoid known for potentially causing alopecia, marking a rare and undocumented phenomenon.

A rare skin condition causes red and dark patches on the face and limbs.

This letter reports repigmentation of hair in patients receiving latanoprost therapy.

Other common signs, not just the well-known immune cells around hair bulbs, are important for diagnosing hair loss from alopecia areata.

This case report describes a 26-year-old male patient with trichofolliculoma, highlighting dermoscopic features that aid its diagnosis and distinct characteristics from other similar lesions.

The authors concluded that trichoscopic examination can be useful for diagnosing syphilitic alopecia in patients with idiopathic alopecia, though the findings are nonspecific and further studies are needed.

This article discusses the characteristics and challenges of treating ulerythema ophryogenes, noting the limited effectiveness of emollients, vitamin A, retinoids, and transient response to corticosteroids, with some success using dye laser therapy.

This review summarizes recent findings on scalp involvement in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, highlighting diagnostic methods and their underlying histopathological, immunopathological, and clinical features, but reports no new clinical results.

This case report describes a man's permanent skin and hair whitening, and generalized anhidrosis following allogeneic stem cell transplant, linked to immune-mediated destruction of melanocytes.

The baby's hair loss was due to congenital syphilis, which was treated with penicillin.

In this study, researchers found that cutaneous hyperpigmentation is a primary dermatological manifestation in patients with Graves' disease, with certain treatments like carbimazole and propranolol being statistically associated with skin symptoms.

This paper discusses the need for a standardized classification and meta-analysis of treatments for hypopigmented disorders and reports no new clinical results.

In this case report, researchers described a female child with total alopecia due to a mutation in the SNRPE gene, emphasizing the need for updated genetic testing as knowledge advances to avoid diagnostic delays in hereditary nonsyndromic hypotrichosis.

This study introduced and evaluated a new dermoscopic feature, pigmented rings with central clearing, for improving the diagnosis of melasma and differentiating it from similar conditions.

In this case report, folliculitis decalvans with frontal fibrosing alopecia was observed in a patient with a dark phototype, highlighting the phenotypic spectrum of folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris.

This study discusses incidental findings of syringomas and syringomatous proliferations in areas of scalp alopecia, suggesting they may be secondary to reactive changes from subclinical alopecia.

Shiny white structures in trichoscopy can indicate long-standing discoid lupus erythematosus alopecia.

The girl's regrown brown hair had less of certain pigments than her original black hair.

This study reports cases of androgenetic alopecia patients with depigmented macules on sun-exposed scalp areas, suggesting potential ultraviolet-induced scalp leukoderma not covered in existing dermatology texts.

This case report describes a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed both alopecia areata and lichen planopilaris despite immunosuppressive treatment, suggesting a shared immunopathogenesis between these disorders.

Papular mucinosis can cause eyebrow hair loss, but treatment can lead to regrowth.

This case report describes a patient who experienced rapid hair depigmentation after starting pazopanib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, which may suggest therapy success despite being distressing.

This case study documented a black male newborn developing large bullae that healed with hypopigmentation, suspecting proteolytic enzymes in keratinocytes caused the collagenolysis responsible for the condition.

This study suggests that a purified sphingolipid fraction can activate melanocyte stem cells via p38 signalling, potentially offering a non-UV-based treatment for vitiligo, though additional validation is needed.

This letter to the editor notes a case where alopecia developed as pemphigus foliaceus transitioned to pemphigus vulgaris; it provides no new experimental findings.

This study reports that hyperaesthetic leucotrichia primarily affects Arabian and American paint horses, occurring mainly in summer, with histological differences from erythema multiforme despite some shared features.