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In this retrospective study, 75% of patients with alopecia areata responded well to an 8-week oral methylprednisolone tapering treatment, but 28.4% relapsed within an average of 5.5 months; young age and extensive alopecia predicted poorer responses, and low vitamin D was linked to relapse.

This study found that while tape-strip RNA sequencing effectively profiles surface-connected epithelial compartments of human hair follicles, deeper follicular programs require traditional biopsies, except in cases of alopecia areata, which enhances the technique's follicular reach in capturing inflammatory signatures.

This study demonstrated a novel use of tape stripping on a human skin model to simulate the inflammation and barrier damage caused by dry razor shaving, highlighting potential shaving and skin-care formulations that may mitigate such damage.

This study established an experimental model to visualize calcium ion distribution after skin barrier damage in canine epidermis, observing that calcium gradients changed differently depending on the type of damage and time elapsed.

Methylprednisolone treatment helps most alopecia areata patients, but young age, extensive hair loss, and low vitamin D can affect results.

This study found that adhesive tape impression cytology was effective for diagnosing dermatophytosis in dogs and cats, particularly in dogs with kerion, exhibiting sensitivity comparable to or higher than other tests.

This article discusses the premade slit method in hair restoration surgery, emphasizing the importance of a tailored depth control instrument for optimal follicle implantation, but provides no new clinical results.

This study highlights that alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition often starting in childhood, poses a higher risk of becoming chronic with an early onset and can result in poor therapy response.

Unconventional home remedies can sometimes show surprising results.

The document concludes that using a phototrichogram with a protractor and tapeline is a reliable and noninvasive way to measure hair loss.

This paper explores the diverse patterns and social significance of Black hair, approaching it as an art form, mathematical pattern, and ethnomathematic entity, and seeks to dispel myths while highlighting its vast possibilities.

This report presents gene set enrichment scores for hair follicle compartments using tape strip and bulk biopsy methods, providing statistical data but no new experimental findings.

This table reports gene set enrichment analysis scores for hair follicle compartments across diseases and sampling methods, providing comparisons but no new experimental findings.

In this case report, significant improvements in a 58-year-old male with severe refractory myasthenia gravis and concurrent alopecia areata were observed following a cortisone taper, suggesting a potential therapeutic role, especially after thymectomy.

This review discusses the dermoscopic features of common hair and scalp disorders and reports no new clinical results, aiming to assist dermatologists in diagnosing conditions like tinea capitis and alopecia areata.

This study reports a novel LC/MS method that separates and analyzes all known ceramide subclasses in human stratum corneum, identifying a new subclass, CER [EOdS], with minimal sample preparation.

This study found that dermoscopic indicators like black dots and tapering hairs are valuable markers for diagnosing and assessing the severity and activity of alopecia areata in Asian patients.

This study introduces a novel non-invasive method called "differential stripping" to quantify the penetration of topically applied substances into hair follicles.

This study found that an oil-in-water microemulsion of curcumin penetrated deeper into the human stratum corneum and hair follicles compared to an amphiphilic cream.

This review presents various trichoscopic findings for diagnosing alopecia areata but reports no new clinical results, emphasizing that no single marker is pathognomonic and multiple features should be considered together.

Trichoscopy is a useful non-invasive method for diagnosing different hair loss conditions.

In this study, researchers identified yellow dots as the most common dermoscopic feature of alopecia areata, followed by black dots, broken hairs, short vellus hair, and tapering hairs.

This study concluded that a polarized-light handheld dermatoscope attached to a digital camera is a practical and useful tool for diagnosing different types of alopecia.

This study reports that dermoscopy is a useful diagnostic tool for distinguishing acute diffuse and total alopecia of the female scalp from female pattern hair loss by identifying specific hair features.

This study found that dermoscopy showed distinctive patterns for different types of alopecia, supporting its clinical usefulness for diagnosing diseases with small round or oval hairless patches on the scalp.

This study found that trichoscopic features like exclamation mark hairs and angulated hairs were more indicative of alopecia areata in an Asian population, while features like broken hairs of different lengths and flame hairs were more common in trichotillomania.

This study reported that polarized dermoscopy was better for visualizing vascular patterns, scaling, and reticular pigmentation, while nonpolarized mode better documented features like black dots and tapered hair in various hair and scalp conditions.

This article reviews trichoscopic signs of chemotherapy-induced alopecia, including exclamation marks, but reports no new clinical results.