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The protein p21 is more abundant in normal skin cells than in melanoma cells and may help protect against melanoma, with UVB light affecting its levels.

Hair transplants can be a treatment for scarring hair loss if there's good blood flow and no active disease.

Trichodysplasia spinulosa is a rare skin disease in immunocompromised patients caused by a specific virus targeting hair follicle cells.

Chinese patients with primary cicatricial alopecia often have folliculitis decalvans, benefit from treatment, but may experience relapse, with dermoscopy being a useful diagnostic tool.

The "spade sign" is a highly specific indicator for diagnosing acne keloidalis.

The document concludes that skin grafts are essential for repairing tissue loss, with various types available and ongoing research into substitutes to improve outcomes and reduce donor site issues.

Women with androgenetic alopecia have fewer terminal hairs, phenol in nail surgery is safe, and a new hair transplant method is faster and less damaging.

Dermoscopy is useful for diagnosing lichen planopilaris and certain features may relate to disease duration, age, and gender.

The document concludes that there are various treatments for diseases linked to scarring hair loss, especially for primary scarring alopecia.

Hair transplants are effective for male and female pattern baldness, have evolved in technique, and require careful planning for natural results and managing complications.

These skin conditions in African men need combined medical treatments and lifestyle changes.

Hair restoration surgery can potentially treat primary scarring alopecias, but it's important to start early medication, ensure patient remission before transplant, and monitor after surgery.

Optimal storage solutions and effective additives are crucial for improving the survival of hair transplant grafts.

Accurate diagnosis of pseudolymphomatous folliculitis is crucial to avoid mistaking it for more serious conditions.

A woman with lupus and systemic sclerosis developed severe acne that didn't improve with treatment and died from pneumonia and septic shock.

The conclusion suggests that early signs of hidradenitis suppurativa may start in the hair follicle, with genetic and immune factors playing a role, highlighting the need for more research on the hair follicle's immune system.

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) for hair transplants has limitations and may not be suitable for most patients.

Hair follicle bulge cells don't help skin regrow after glucocorticoid damage; interfollicular epidermis cells do.

The hair follicle pathway significantly affects how easily water-loving chemicals pass through the skin.

Using a microscope during hair transplants cuts damage to follicles in half and could improve hair growth.

A Gsdma3 mutation causes hair loss due to stem cell damage from skin inflammation.

Ixekizumab may be an effective first treatment for a rare skin condition causing hair loss.

A man in Japan got better from a scalp fungal infection using terbinafine.

Primary cicatricial alopecia, a rare disorder causing permanent hair loss, is hard to diagnose and treat, with treatments like anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids offering varied results and no guaranteed cure. Psychological support for patients is important, and future research should aim to identify causes of the condition.

Doctors use their experience to choose treatments for scarring hair loss because it's hard to diagnose and treat.

Folliculitis decalvans is a rare scalp condition causing scarring hair loss, treated with long-term antibiotics and other medications, but it often comes back and is hard to manage.

Some skin growths with mucin can form hair follicles and resemble skin cancer, but a special stain can help tell them apart.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia and ulerythema ophryogenes may be related and can evolve from one to the other.

Finasteride and minoxidil are approved treatments for hair loss, and hair transplants can be effective but require careful patient selection.

New digital tools are improving the diagnosis and understanding of irreversible hair loss conditions.