March 2024 in “Clinical Case Reports” In this study, the authors emphasize the importance of not ignoring the partial presence of comma or harpin hairs and black spots when identifying early lesions of tinea capitis, which may initially be overlooked due to their small size.
January 2022 in “Clinical Cases in Dermatology” This case report describes a 47-year-old man diagnosed with fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, treated with clobetasol propionate and oral minoxidil while advised to avoid hair transplantation.
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March 2020 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This report describes five cases of bitemporal alopecia areata with frontal hairline involvement, detailing their management strategies and highlighting potential differential diagnoses, but does not present new clinical results.
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December 1990 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This study found decreased hair density and altered follicular architecture in the balding frontal scalp of patients with androgenic alopecia, with increased vellus hairs noted.
April 2002 in “Postgraduate medicine” This case report describes a 4-year-old African American boy with tinea capitis characterized by itchy, scaly patches and hair loss, diagnosed through microscopic examination after initial treatments were only partially effective.
July 2023 in “Deleted Journal” In this case report from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Jakarta, alopecia areata was identified as the most common type of baldness in the facility's skin and genital polyclinics from 2009 to 2011, representing 39.7% of cases.
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January 2019 in “Annals of dermatology/Annals of Dermatology” Changing hairstyles can help hair regrow in children with hair loss from tight braids or ponytails.
December 2025 in “ILDS-DEV”
June 2023 in “JAAD case reports” This review discusses the evolution of the term “hot comb alopecia” to central cicatricial centrifugal alopecia (CCCA) and highlights the ongoing debate over hairstyling practices' role in its pathology, without offering new clinical results.
January 2021 in “International journal of dermatology, venereology and leprosy sciences” This study found that, among 100 patients with alopecia areata, the most prevalent subtype was patchy alopecia areata, with characteristic trichoscopic features including black dots, yellow dots, and empty hair follicles.
January 2026 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This case report highlights that CCCA can present with multifocal patchy hair loss in younger men of African descent, suggesting the need for careful evaluation when diagnosing atypical alopecia patterns.
January 2023 in “Springer eBooks” Most older adults experience pattern hair loss due to shrinking hair follicles, with men and women showing different balding patterns.
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August 2018 in “Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft” The technique effectively repairs skin after tumor removal, maintaining appearance and function without complications.
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July 2014 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This article discusses a case of alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia, and trichostasis spinulosa, highlighting how dermoscopy can help differentiate black dots from trichostasis spinulosa lesions, but it reports no new clinical results.
September 2023 in “Cutis” This study presents a case of a 6-month-old infant girl with hypotrichosis and an alopecic plaque in the occipital region, characterized by broken and dystrophic hairs with follicular papules and perifollicular hyperkeratosis, suggesting a diagnostic consideration.
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January 1985 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” Flap surgery is effective for treating male baldness, offering immediate results with dense hair growth.
Cicatricial alopecia can progress to complete hair loss, making diagnosis and management difficult.
January 2019 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine” In this study, researchers evaluated trichoscopic features in 500 Egyptian patients with patchy hair loss and found specific patterns, such as perifollicular scale with 90% sensitivity and 99.5% specificity, which effectively aid in diagnosing primary cicatricial alopecias.
September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that polyamine levels were higher in the vertex hair than in occipital hair among patients with pattern baldness, suggesting a relation to hair loss development in the scalp's vertex region.
January 2026 in “Journal of Hair Restoration and Regenerative Medicine” This review discusses methods to better identify unsafe donor areas in patients with diffuse unpatterned alopecia, emphasizing non-surgical management when specific diagnostic criteria are met, but reports no new clinical results.
March 2016 in “Actas dermo-sifiliográficas/Actas dermo-sifiliográficas” Stopping the use of a tight headband and using specific treatments led to partial hair regrowth.
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January 2016 in “Laboratory Investigation” TR3 is mainly found in hair follicle stem cells and may be involved in hair loss.
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January 1997 in “Endocrinology” This study observed that testosterone inhibits hair follicle epithelial cell proliferation in adult stumptailed macaques only when dermal papilla cells from bald scalps are present, with antiandrogen RU 58841 reversing this effect.
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February 2020 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that androgenetic alopecia was the most common cause of frontal hairline recession in Egyptian female patients, supporting the use of trichoscopy as a noninvasive diagnostic tool.
April 2016 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” The document concludes that a unique target-like hair regrowth pattern in alopecia areata may be more common than thought and should be properly identified.
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July 2006 in “International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” This case report highlights the successful use of the Bardach modification of the curved tripod flap for repairing cicatricial pressure alopecia, offering a natural appearance and effective tension distribution in scalp reconstruction.
February 2026 in “JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH” This study observed that white dots, focal atrichia, and honeycomb pigmentation on the scalp were significantly associated with the severity of androgenetic alopecia in men under forty.
May 2005 in “Hair transplant forum international” This case report documents a 28-year-old woman who experienced complete scalp hair loss, which began a year earlier with patchy baldness and progressed to loss of eyebrow, axillary, and pubic hair.
This abstract describes a diagnostic case of a 37-year-old woman with an erythematous scalp plaque and unexplained hair loss, without concluding which condition it represents.
May 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article describes a method for evaluating and treating the temporal peak regions in hair restoration surgery to achieve cosmetic harmony with the frontal hairline, while reporting no new clinical findings.