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Many patients experienced hair loss after COVID-19, with women affected more, starting on average 49 days post-infection.

Dermoscopy helped diagnose a rare skin disease which slightly improved with treatment.

A woman's hair grew back after she stopped taking the Parkinson's disease medication pramipexole.

The document concludes that alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease without a definitive cure, but treatments like corticosteroids are commonly used.

New imaging tools help doctors better examine hair and scalp health without surgery.

The study found that alopecia areata is strongly linked to autoimmune diseases and may indicate a genetic predisposition to such conditions.

Early exposure to germs may protect against autoimmune diseases, lack of sex increases alcohol preference in fruit flies, a potential baldness treatment could involve blocking a specific receptor, skin memory cells help prevent re-infection, high-fat diets can affect brain cells related to weight, and the link between social status, stress, and heart disease in primates is unclear.

Certain health conditions and hair care habits affect the treatment results for a scalp condition called Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.

Zinc levels and lymphocyte counts might be important in heart disease development.

Transfer learning with three neural network architectures accurately classifies hair diseases.

The document concludes that four related skin diseases, which often occur together, are caused by blocked hair follicles.

Current treatments for cicatricial alopecia can manage symptoms but don't stop hair loss or the disease.

Pityriasis amiantacea is a scalp condition with thick, greasy scales and sometimes hair loss.

People with androgenetic alopecia often experience high stress, but the stress doesn't affect how the disease progresses or how well different treatments work.

Lichen planus pigmentosus and fibrosing frontal alopecia in Colombia are likely different stages of the same disease.

Trichoscopic features help diagnose and assess female pattern hair loss severity, with inflammation playing a key role.

A man with a fungal scalp infection got better after treatment with griseofulvin, cetirizine, and ketoconazole shampoo.

A 21-year-old with lichen planopilaris was successfully treated, stopping disease progression and preventing crusts.

Hair loss in SLE patients is mostly due to chronic telogen effluvium and is linked to moderate disease activity.

A woman was injured by a hedgehog falling on her, causing skin lesions but no disease.

Alopecia areata causes sudden hair loss, often on the scalp, and can be severe, especially with early onset or related health issues.

Lichen planopilaris may be an autoimmune disease causing hair loss due to immune system issues in hair follicles.

After severe COVID-19, 71% of patients experienced excessive hair shedding and thinning within 3 months due to factors like low oxygen levels, medication, stress, and autoimmune disease.

The study concluded that short vellus hair and yellow dots were the most common signs of alopecia areata, indicating disease activity and remission.

The document recommends three dermatology books for their valuable content on evidence-based medicine, comprehensive treatment descriptions, and updated information on hair and scalp disorders.

Japanese researchers created new hair follicles from human cells that grew hair when put into mice, and other findings showed a link between eye disease severity and corneal thickness, gene mutations affecting hearing and touch, and the safety of the shingles vaccine for adults over 50.

The conclusion is that certain scalp tissue changes are characteristic of lichen planopilaris, with mucinous perifollicular fibroplasia being a new feature for diagnosis.

Androgenetic alopecia is a common hair loss condition caused by testosterone effects on hair follicles, leading to thinner, shorter, and less pigmented hair, diagnosed using scalp dermoscopy and treated with topical minoxidil, antiandrogen agents, and 5-alpha reductase inhibitors.

Alopecia Areata is an autoimmune disease causing hair loss in patches, often starting before age 20, and while some cases recover on their own, treatments include topical corticosteroids, minoxidil, and promising new methods like IL-31 antibodies and 308-nm Excimer laser therapy.

Adults with persistent scalp issues unresponsive to typical treatments should be tested for the fungal infection tinea capitis to start the right antifungal medication.