Staged reconstructive treatment for extensive irregular cicatricial alopecia after burn

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 Presenting with Irregular Patchy Alopecia on the Lateral and Posterior Scalp.

BACKGROUND Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common cause of scarring alopecia among women of African descent which affects the central scalp and spreads centrifugally but spares the lateral and posterior scalp. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to report on a new clinical variety of CCCA presenting with patchy alopecia involving the lateral and posterior sca...

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 ...

Follicular unit transplantation for the treatment of secondary cicatricial alopecia.

BACKGROUND Cicatricial alopecia encompasses a diverse group of disorders characterized by the permanent destruction of hair follicles and irreversible hair loss. Follicular unit transplantation was developed in 1994. However, large-scale clinical trials are necessary to study follicular unit transplantation for treating Chinese cicatricial alopecia patients. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effic...