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This case report describes a patient who developed dissecting cellulitis of the scalp after follicular unit extraction, showing significant improvement with isotretinoin, dutasteride, and steroids.

Olanzapine helped a man who thought he had bugs on his skin.

This article discusses temporal triangular alopecia, emphasizing the need for increased awareness to prevent misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment, but reports no new clinical results.

In this retrospective study on pediatric craniospinal irradiation, researchers found that permanent radiation-induced alopecia occurred in 45.8% of patients, with higher radiation doses and treatment intensity being significant predictors, suggesting that defined dosimetric thresholds can support scalp-sparing planning.

This study found that combining a large posterior Z-plasty with staged modified paramedian scalp reductions significantly minimized the "slot" defect scar following scalp reduction surgeries.

This case study reports that combining surgery and photodynamic therapy effectively treated a 19-year-old male with perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens, proving especially beneficial for patients unresponsive to traditional treatments.

This study found that significant hair loss in about one-third of patients after vertical gastroplasty was reversed by zinc supplementation.

Postmenopausal women can experience hairline recession, affecting their quality of life, and more research is needed for treatments.

This study used a 3D simulation to show that human hair provides varying levels of UV protection depending on head orientation and hair alignment, highlighting hair's role in scalp UV protection, especially for those with alopecia.

This report describes a sudden hair matting incident after shampooing a hairpiece and suggests that weathered hairs might explain this unusual event.

This study found that reparative surgical techniques significantly improved the appearance of patients dissatisfied with previous hair restoration procedures, with minor and correctable complications.

This study reports four infants with necrotic caput succedaneum leading to alopecia and persistent scalp lesions, which partially improved with topical corticosteroids, indicating erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.

Minoxidil may help with hair loss caused by cancer treatments.

This article reviews the role of trichoscopy in diagnosing hair weathering conditions like trichorrhexis nodosa and trichoptilosis and suggests treatment by avoiding harmful chemical and physical factors, but it provides no new research findings.

Doctors successfully rebuilt a sideburn using skin and hair from near the ear in one surgery.

Deuruxolitinib significantly improves hair satisfaction in severe alopecia areata patients.

This case report describes a 4-year-old girl with Rapunzel syndrome, presenting with severe anemia and a contained perforation, who underwent successful surgical removal of a large gastric trichobezoar.

This study reports a case of a 59-year-old female with refractory follicular mucinosis and diffuse scalp alopecia who achieved complete clinical remission following treatment with a combination of topical tacalcitol and photodynamic therapy.

This study reports that hydrocortisone ointment significantly improved eyebrow erythema and hair growth in a 10-year-old with ulerythema ophryogenes.

In this retrospective analysis, researchers evaluated 54 patients undergoing soft tissue reconstruction for scalp and forehead defects and reported excellent aesthetic outcomes with local flaps for defects up to 50 cm², while larger defects typically required additional skin grafting.

In this study, clobetasol propionate 0.05% ointment was found to induce hair regrowth in 28.5% of patients with severe alopecia areata under occlusive conditions, though long-term benefit was limited to 17.8%.

This study found that using deep plane fixation during scalp surgeries significantly reduced closure tension and allowed for increased tissue excision compared to standard techniques without fixation.

This article discusses the historical and current relevance of scalp reduction in hair restoration surgery but reports no new research findings.

This study found that dissecting folliculitis is more common than previously thought in Taiwan, with obesity possibly linked to higher severity of this condition, but smoking not associated.

This study reported that apremilast treatment did not lead to sustained improvement in SALT scores for most patients with extensive and treatment-resistant alopecia areata.

This case study describes a one-year-old female Pit Bull Terrier with alopecia X whose hair was fully restored after trilostane therapy addressed an adrenal sex hormone imbalance.

In this case study, a 34-year-old male with alopecia areata was treated successfully using Unani medicine, including cupping therapy, over three months, but the authors indicated the need for further research to confirm the safety and efficacy of these treatments.

This review suggests that excessive facial photoprotection could play a role in frontal fibrosing alopecia through a disturbance in immunological balance via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-kynurenine pathway.

This review discusses the Renbok phenomenon, observing normal hair growth in psoriatic lesions of patients with psoriasis and alopecia areata, and reports no new results.

This study compared open and closed surgical techniques for severe congenital ptosis using Gore-Tex slings and found that the closed approach offered better functional outcomes, while the open method provided superior cosmetic results.