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This article presents a case of trichostasis spinulosa, a common but often unrecognized disorder, diagnosed through dermoscopic examination of black macules revealing bundled vellus hairs, with the patient declining treatment.

This overview describes the Dermatologic Surgery journal's comprehensive coverage of dermatologic surgery, including cosmetic and reconstructive procedures, but it presents no new research findings.

This article reviews hirsutism, its causes, cultural perceptions, and symptoms, but provides no new clinical findings beyond existing descriptions and statistics on hair growth patterns in women.

This case report describes a woman whose intense focus on her hair was a sign of severe brain dysfunction, raising awareness for physicians about this potentially overlooked danger.

Sodium valproate can worsen psoriasis-like skin conditions.

In this study, researchers found that women with mixed-genesis alopecia exhibited more significant psychological maladaptation and disturbances in self-attitude than those with metabolic alopecia, suggesting the importance of tailored psychotherapeutic approaches to improve their psychological adaptation and quality of life.

This article reviews hirsutism in adolescent females, discussing its hormonal basis, potential underlying conditions, and the availability of effective therapies, without reporting new research findings.

Telogen effluvium is a condition that causes temporary hair loss.

This study observed that patients with AA showed a high willingness to trade off lifespan for better disease-specific quality of life, indicating a significant disease burden.

This study shows that many acne patients use topical steroids despite their association with various skin side effects, such as worsened acne, perioral dermatitis, and telangiectasias.

This review outlines the practical use of reflectance confocal microscopy in dermatology, detailing its applications and considerations for diagnosing various skin conditions, but reports no new findings.

Auto-portraits help evaluate scalp hair.

This review discusses recent findings related to sebaceous gland conditions, including updated recommendations for screening in sebaceous neoplasms and potential treatments for acne vulgaris, though no new definitive clinical results are reported.

This case report details a 57-year-old woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia who developed hyperpigmentation after treatment with dutasteride and pimecrolimus, highlighting no previously reported hyperpigmentation association with this combination.

In this case report, a 20-year-old man with a birthmark was identified as having a supernumerary nipple, a developmental anomaly, using dermoscopy to distinguish it from other pigmented skin lesions such as melanocytic nevus or basal cell carcinoma.

This review discusses the discrepancy between the public's growing interest in acne and the declining research funding, highlighting specific research areas that are either growing or underfunded.

This article reviews depictions of baldness in art and notes its symbolic connections to depression, with no new research findings presented.

This study found that patients with vitiligo report the highest willingness-to-pay for disease control and cure compared to those with other chronic skin conditions, suggesting DLQI may not fully capture treatment priorities.

This case study presented a 16-year-old male with dermatosis neglecta and obsessive-compulsive disorder, where his skin condition improved after proper cleansing and psychiatric treatment, suggesting that DN may also indicate underlying psychiatric issues.

This review discusses the cosmetic and health implications of hirsutism and highlights its potential link to serious underlying disorders, but it presents no new clinical findings.

Recognizing bamboo hair helps diagnose Netherton’s syndrome.

This article reviews the hormonal pathogenesis of acne vulgaris and androgenetic alopecia, emphasizing various hormonal factors beyond androgens, but reports no new clinical findings.

This study found that a high dose of LustrivaTM, containing biotin and silicon, significantly increased hair thickness and reduced facial wrinkle depth in women with thinning hair compared to a placebo, without any reported adverse events.

This study suggests using a handheld dermatoscope may allow for simple and efficient differentiation of eruptive vellus hair cysts by detecting vellus hair shafts, as demonstrated in a familial case involving five women.

This editorial in the Journal of Aesthetic Nursing discusses the rise in unethical practices in the medical aesthetics field, particularly by non-health professionals offering high-level cosmetic procedures, and calls for experienced practitioners to voice their concerns in person to influence regulatory practices.

This report describes a case where travoprost treatment for open-angle glaucoma was associated with periocular hypertrichosis, hyperpigmentation, and eyelash growth, which gradually improved after discontinuation.

This study reports five cases of congenital triangular alopecia featuring a central island of short terminal hair, with the cause remaining unknown.

This article outlines a 10-point plan for improving standards in the non-surgical aesthetics and hair restoration sector and does not present new research findings.