April 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” A deep learning model was developed to help diagnose trichothiodystrophy by analyzing hair patterns.
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March 2023 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review discusses the use of trichoscopy for diagnosing systemic diseases and concludes that certain trichoscopic features may help dermatologists suspect these conditions.
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May 2024 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This study describes trichoscopic findings in 11 dark-skinned women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia and highlights the potential of trichoscopy for early diagnosis and treatment.
June 2018 in “The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University” This study found that dermoscopy is effective for distinguishing Tinea Capitis from Alopecia Areata by identifying unique trichoscopic features specific to each condition.
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July 2020 in “Benha Journal of Applied Sciences” This study identified that trichoscopy can effectively diagnose frontal fibrosing alopecia by highlighting specific scalp abnormalities in postmenopausal women.
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December 2008 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This case report indicates that trichoscopy may significantly improve the diagnosis of Netherton syndrome by noninvasively identifying typical hair abnormalities without the need to pull hair.
January 2020 in “Journal of Current Medical Research and Practice” In this study, trichoscopy was found to be helpful in diagnosing the types of noncicatricial alopecia, and alopecia's negative impact on quality of life was highlighted through the correlation with clinical severity.
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January 2012 in “Dermatologic surgery” This study found that the cross-section trichometer is a promising tool for measuring hair mass index with high reproducibility, suggesting potential clinical and research applications.
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September 2015 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article provides a diagnostic guide for clinicians to differentiate between various hair shaft disorders by using a structured question-by-question approach but does not report new clinical findings.
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January 2023 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” In this study, chemotherapy-induced alopecia in cancer patients showed specific trichoscopic patterns and abnormal hair shaft morphology, suggesting intermittent follicle damage from chemotherapy, but larger studies are needed for confirmation.
May 2022 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This study developed new graded visual scales integrating macroscopic and trichoscopic images for assessing the severity of androgenetic alopecia in men and women, potentially aiding in more objective disease evaluation.
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August 2025 in “Medicina” This review discusses the evolution and potential of non-invasive imaging techniques for diagnosing scalp diseases, highlighting their advantages and limitations compared to trichoscopy and scalp biopsy, the current diagnostic standards.
August 2021 in “Acta medica Philippina” This case study highlights how trichoscopy helped differentiate between diffuse alopecia areata and trichotillomania in an 11-year-old girl, demonstrating its importance in distinguishing hair disorders with similar presentations.
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January 2021 in “Skin appendage disorders” This case report describes how trichoscopy helped diagnose tinea capitis disguised as female pattern hair loss in cases of endothrix infection, highlighting its usefulness in avoiding misdiagnosis.
July 2023 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This study developed a support vector machine model using trichoscopic patterns to accurately classify androgenic alopecia severity, with an accuracy of 94.3% in training and 90.0% in test datasets.
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November 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” TrichoScan effectively measures hair growth improvements in people using minoxidil.
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February 2018 in “Journal of dermatology & cosmetology” This article discusses triangular temporal alopecia, highlighting dermoscopy's role in diagnosis and the limited therapeutic options, without reporting new clinical results.
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June 2020 in “IP Indian journal of clinical and experimental dermatology” This study found that yellow dots were the most common trichoscopic finding in adult patients with alopecia areata, observed in 88.5% of cases.
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January 2000 in “Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy” This study found that trichothiodystrophy can be diagnosed prenatally in the second trimester using an endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy, with sulfur content analysis being the most reliable test.
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October 1992 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” In this study, Scalp Immersion Proxigraphy (SIP) was shown to produce more accurate measurements of linear hair growth rate than crude phototrichogram techniques, suggesting SIP's suitability for clinical trials monitoring hair growth.
This article discusses trichopigmentation as an innovative, reversible treatment for hair loss in both males and females, but it does not report new clinical results.
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December 2021 in “Dermatology” This study found that trichoscopy can differentiate between dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic sclerosis by identifying distinctive features and may help assess disease activity.
January 2025 in “Dermatology and Therapy” This study found that ultraviolet-induced fluorescence trichoscopy can help differentiate between scarring and non-scarring alopecia and between psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis.
September 2014 in “Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE” This study found that high-speed optical coherence tomography may be a promising non-invasive tool for analyzing human hair conditions.
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November 2016 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses the potential of trichoscopy in diagnosing and treating dissecting cellulitis of the scalp and emphasizes the need for early diagnosis to prevent progression but reports no new clinical results.
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November 2014 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This study suggests that trichoscopy may assist in diagnosing pemphigus, particularly for scalp-specific lesions, by identifying certain characteristic features.
July 2026 in “Dermatology Practical & Conceptual” In this study, pediatric hair and scalp disorders were effectively diagnosed using trichoscopic and light microscopic examinations, demonstrating high agreement with clinical diagnoses and emphasizing their utility as reliable, non-invasive diagnostic tools in a hospital-based setting.
February 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study observed that trichoscopic examination revealed specific signs of secondary post-traumatic cicatricial alopecia in patients with mine-explosive injuries and burns, and reported an 84.1% hair survival rate following transplantation and PRP therapy, with marked improvements in scalp condition after 12 months.
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August 2016 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This letter discusses congenital triangular alopecia (TTA), a non-scarring hair loss condition often seen in children, without reporting new clinical findings.
July 2025 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This study reports a unique case of trichotillomania incognita in an adult female that mimicked female pattern hair loss, highlighting the importance of trichoscopy and histology for accurate diagnosis.