Excess granulation tissue and hair loss following acitretin

Excess granulation tissue and hair loss following acitretin

Retinoids are routinely used in dermatology for various clinical entities including acne vulgaris, rosacea, hypertrophic scars, strie distensae, psoriasis, disorders of dyskeratinization, cancer prevention and other chronic hyperkeratotic disorders. Oral acitretin therapy is effective in the treatment of psoriasis normalizing cellular differentiation and maturation but clinical side-effects are...

Frequency of Sodium Valproate-Induced Hair Loss and Curly Hair

Sodium valproate has been widely used by man as an antiepileptic drug. Hair loss and curly hair is a rare side effect of sodium valproate. We have conducted a prospective clinical study in the Department of Neurology in Shafa Hospital, Kerman, Iran for ten years (1994-2004). All 211 epileptic patients in our study were given sodium valproate as a single drug treatment. During the course of ther...

Grafting into Scar Tissue and Traumatic Hair Loss

The term “cicatricial ” contains the Latin root “cicatrix,” which means “scar resulting from the formation and contraction of fibrous tissue.” (1) Historically, dermatologists have used the term cicatricial alopecia to refer to scarring alopecia caused by inflammatory disease processes such as discoid lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, pseudopalade, etc. In the field of hair transplantat...

Evaluation and treatment of male and female pattern hair loss

Diffuse hair loss in women in Ahwaz

Background: Diffuse hair loss is one of the most common complaints of women attending skin clinics. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate diffuse hair loss in women referring to a private office. Patients and Methods: This descriptive, retrospective study was performed on women attending a private skin clinic in Ahwaz complaining of diffuse hair loss. The study was done for 10 mo...