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This article describes the Frontiers journal series, highlighting its open-access approach and tiered publishing system, but it presents no new empirical findings.

This review discusses the psychiatric approach to treating alopecia patients and highlights the interplay between psychological factors and hair disorders, but reports no new research results.

The document concludes that treating skin conditions should include psychological care and a multidisciplinary approach is essential for effective management.

In this narrative review, the authors found epidemiological evidence suggesting a positive link between periodontitis and psoriasis, with treatment for periodontitis potentially reducing psoriasis severity over the short term, though causality and mechanisms remain unclear.

This paper proposes an integrated model suggesting that psychological stress, sleep disturbances, nutrition, lifestyle, and various biological factors collectively influence hair health, including hair loss and premature greying.

This study synthesizes evidence on the complex interplay between stress, sleep, nutrition, lifestyle, and systemic health and their impact on hair health, encompassing premature greying, hair loss, and follicle cycling.

This scoping review found that cancer-related appearance changes lead to significant psychosocial challenges for survivors, which are often inadequately addressed in current care. To better support survivors, the review highlighted the need for more appearance-related research and collaboration with the beauty industry.

This study highlights that dissecting cellulitis of the scalp affects a diverse racial population and is associated with male sex, metabolic dysfunction, and psychiatric comorbidities, challenging its traditional characterization as primarily a disorder of Black men.

This study found that patients with telogen effluvium who delayed hair washing or collected shed hair were more likely to have higher clinical severity and increased disease-related economic burdens, suggesting these behaviors can aid clinical assessments.

This review highlights advancements in drug delivery systems for treating psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, focusing on their ability to enhance transdermal drug efficacy and safety by overcoming skin barriers and enabling precise, on-demand drug release at target sites.

Severe alopecia areata in children greatly affects their mental and social well-being, and addressing these challenges is crucial.

In this study, women with metabolic and mixed-type alopecia showed different coping strategies; metabolic alopecia patients predominantly used adaptive strategies like problem-solving, while those with mixed alopecia often exhibited maladaptive strategies such as avoidance, with these behaviors being linked to higher levels of psychological maladjustment.

This study found that scalp micropigmentation significantly improved psychological well-being among adults by enhancing appearance satisfaction and perceived physical attractiveness, but not through a direct relationship with psychological well-being itself.

This study explores a new therapeutic method called THE YOU TECHNIQUE, which uses performing arts like stand-up comedy to help people with alopecia reduce stigmatization and improve coping strategies, showing promising empirical results in enhancing subjective quality of life.

This study documented a case where Ayurvedic treatments for plaque psoriasis significantly reduced the severity of symptoms, as measured by an 84% improvement in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score from 6.5 to 1.04.

This study developed a natural hair serum using rice and guava leaf extracts, evaluating its composition and properties for improving hair quality, reducing hair fall, and nourishing the scalp, though specific results are not detailed in the abstract.

This study focused on developing a phytoextract-based hair serum from rice and guava leaf extracts, designed to improve hair quality and scalp health. The formulations were evaluated for their biochemical properties and stability, emphasizing natural ingredients to address hair care needs.

This study found that subjective scalp sensations like hurting and burning are common among alopecia patients, with burning in particular showing a significant association with psychological distress in patients with lichen planopilaris and androgenetic alopecia, suggesting a potential psychoneuroinflammatory pathway.

This study examined perceptions of stress as a cause of alopecia areata among individuals in a French online cohort, finding that over half of patients considered stress a contributing factor. Additionally, patients with less understanding of their condition experienced higher levels of perceived stigma.

The measures for eyebrow and eyelash hair loss in severe Alopecia Areata are reliable and useful for clinical trials.

This retrospective audit found that patients with alopecia areata often experience significant psychological distress, yet proper mental health assessments and referrals to support services are infrequently conducted, highlighting a gap between current practice and guideline recommendations for comprehensive care.

Children with alopecia areata often face more stress and depression, especially related to separation, which can affect their condition.

In this study, black cumin oil-based nanostructured lipid carriers enhanced the delivery and effectiveness of fluticasone for psoriasis in a mouse model, improving skin targeting, inflammation reduction, and permeability compared to standard cream.

In this summary, the researchers describe the Brazilian keratin treatment as a popular hair-straightening process that originated in Brazil in 2003 and has since gained global traction, particularly for smoothing and straightening curly or frizzy hair through a keratin-based product and heat application.

This case report presents the first known instance of bimekizumab improving psoriatic scarring alopecia, suggesting potential benefits of dual IL-17A/IL-17F blockade for this rare and challenging condition, warranting further investigation.

This review highlights the diverse pharmacological properties and applications of guava leaves, attributing their effectiveness to a rich phytochemical composition and modern extraction techniques, suggesting their potential as natural therapeutic agents across pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical fields.

This review explores the significant potential of guava leaves as a source of natural therapeutic agents, noting their rich phytochemical content and diverse pharmacological properties, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which may support their application in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical industries.

This study found that women with mixed alopecia exhibited significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress compared to those with metabolic alopecia, with these emotional disturbances closely linked to heightened mental maladaptation.

This study found that men who underwent hair transplantation at Vera Clinic experienced significant improvements in self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, and sexual functioning over 12 months, suggesting enhanced psychological well-being and relational functioning associated with the procedure.

This study examines how conditions like PSSD, Long COVID, and ME/CFS form a "Post-Exposure Syndromes" family, initiated by transient exposures but persisting due to complex state-space dynamics, and suggests improving pharmacovigilance to better address and understand these persistent syndromes.