Autoimmune Disease and Hair Loss
Once systemic disease is in remission, it is prudent to recognize the importance of alopecia in the patient’s overall sense of well-being and quality-of-life clinical outcome. Scarring alopecia (scalp discoid…
Drugs and Hair Loss
Hair loss is a common complaint, both in men and women, and use of prescription medications is widespread. When there is a temporal association between the onset of hair loss…
How to Diagnose and Treat Medically Women with Excessive Hair
Excessive hair growth in women is common and due to a broad spectrum of causes. Management options comprise different pharmaceuticals, epilation methods, and aesthetic approaches. Because excessive hair growth in…
Histopathology of Scarring and Nonscarring Hair Loss
This article reviews the histologic findings of alopecia, preceded by a brief discussion of biopsy and processing techniques, the normal follicular anatomy and cycle, and expected findings in transverse sections….
Trichoscopy
Trichoscopy (or dermoscopy of hair and scalp) is an easy in-office technique that may be performed with a handheld dermoscope or a digital videodermoscopy system. This method is gaining increasing…
How to Diagnose Hair Loss
This review presents a systematic approach to the diagnosis of hair loss. An accurate diagnosis is based on history, clinical examination, laboratory tests, and scalp biopsy. Whether the hair loss…
The Basic Science of Hair Biology
A hair disorder can be difficult to define, but patients are typically motivated to seek treatment when their hair growth patterns are significantly different from their cultural group or when…
