While similarities exist between types of alopecia, distinct clinical characteristics help patients & physicians ...

Retrograde alopecia is a form of hair loss characterized by the gradual thinning or recession of hair at the nape of the neck ...

This exciting colloquium was spearheaded by the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (C.A.R.F.). In this article, clinical aspects of six of the more common types of primary cicatricial ...

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a type of hair loss ... Treatment cannot reverse hair loss when someone is in a later stage of CCCA. Treatment will be focused on preventing ...

Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the study explored lymphocytic scarring alopecia, a rare skin condition in which the body’s immune cells damage hair follicles, leading to hair loss and ...

The disease causes perifollicular erythema, pustules, crusting, and oozing. Small areas of scarring alopecia gradually appear and may become extensive and impressive, leaving large areas of bare ...