CCCA patients experience longer diagnostic delays, with a mean TTD of 5.67 years, compared to other scarring alopecias. Black patients face longer diagnostic delays, but alopecia subtype is the only ...

Optimized treatment of lichen planopilaris should be individualized in the context of presenting symptoms and features, according to a newly tweaked algorithm.

Jerry Shapiro, MD, discusses strategies for treating patients with scarring and nonscarring alopecia.

SDPA releases its first Clinical Practice Guidelines on alopecia testing, advancing evidence-based care and strengthening the ...

Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, encompasses a group of disorders characterised by permanent hair loss due to the destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with scar tissue. This ...

Dr. Crystal Aguh’s research shows promising results for reversing “devastating” hair loss. Alopecia, a general term used to describe hair loss, impacts Black women disproportionately. Nearly half of ...

Cicatricial alopecia encompasses a diverse group of inflammatory conditions that result in irreversible hair loss due to the permanent destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with fibrous ...

A low-level light therapy cap may be a safe, convenient treatment for some patients with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, though the treatment effects from a small prospective trial appear to ...

Key Takeaways: Wearing ponytails, braids, or other tight hairstyles often may sometimes lead to traction alopecia, a type of ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Today we're talking about alopecia ...