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 ...

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a recently recognized form of primary cicatricial alopecia that is considered by some a type of lichen planopilaris based on clinical and histopathologic findings.

Common diagnoses include androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, and lymphocytic scarring alopecia, Agbai tells USA TODAY. There are several reasons why you might be losing your ...

Whether you’re trying to grow out your hair or think you may be noticing the early signs of balding, you may be wondering ...

Cicatricial alopecia, also known as scarring alopecia, refers to a group of hair loss disorders characterized by the destruction of hair follicles and replacement with scar tissue. This condition ...

ranging from autoimmune conditions like alopecia areata, where hair falls out in patches due to immune system attacks, to scarring alopecia, where hair follicles are permanently damaged by ...

Discover a recent study that has examined the scalp microbiome in Black women diagnosed with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.

Panelists discuss how the Bayesian network meta-analysis showed which Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors were most effective in ...

Alopecia areata is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing non-scarring hair loss due to immune system attacks on hair follicles. Breakdown of immune privilege in hair follicles leads to ...

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 that primarily affects women of African descent, characterized by scarring and hair loss that starts at the crown of the head ...