Cicatricial Alopecia

Update on cicatricial alopecia.

Cicatricial alopecia is an enigmatic group of hair disorders linked by the potential permanent loss of scalp hair follicles in involved areas. Progress in our understanding and treatment of these disorders has been stymied by the lack of clear diagnostic criteria for the current terms used to describe the various hair loss entities. Since all of these conditions evolve as the hair is destroyed ...

Cicatricial Alopecia Following Therapeutic Embolization

Sir, Selective embolization is used pre-operatively for highly vascular tumours, for treatment of vascular malformations and for treatment of bleeding. The morbidity rate of this technique is less than 1% (1, 2). Skin necrosis is described as an uncommon and minor adverse e¡ect.We present a case of cicatricial alopecia following intravascular embolization for incoercible bleeding of the nose.

Primary cicatricial alopecia: diagnosis and treatment.

The surgical treatment of cicatricial alopecia.

Surgical correction of cicatricial alopecia can yield exceptional results when performed in the appropriate clinical scenario. To facilitate determination of the most suitable corrective therapy, we propose two new categories of cicatricial alopecia: "unstable" and "stable." Unstable cicatricial alopecia is intermittent and results in possible subsequent scarring hair loss in either new or old ...

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: challenges and solutions

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common scarring alopecia among African American women. Data about epidemiology, etiology, genetic inheritance, and management are scarce and come from individual reports or small series. CCCA has been associated with hot combing and traumatic hair styling for years; however, studies fail to confirm it as the sole etiologic factor. It h...