We performed clinical trials to evaluate the therapeutic effects of Foltene in patients of the several types of hair fallings. Thirty patients with male pattern baldness, alopecia areata and seborrheic alopecia were included in this study. Foltene was applied every other day for 40 days, and followed by maintenance therapy of twice application a week. The duration of whole therapy was 6 months....

we present a 21-years old woman with alopecia universalis, generalized vitiligo, and graves' disease. she had had thyroidectomy in early childhood and was receiving replacement therapy with levothyroxine. the patient was treated with systemic puva and glucocorticoid in combination with topical treatment for alopecia. after 6 months of treatment, alopecia was reversed but vitiligo was unchanged.

Alopecia areata is a common form of nonscarring alopecia. It affects males and females equally and has no racial predilection. It usually affects the scalp, but any hair-bearing area can be involved. It presents as patchy hair loss, loss of hair on the entire scalp (alopecia totalis), or the whole body (alopecia universalis). The histopathology varies according to the disease stage, but usually...

background: alopecia areata (aa) is a noncicatricial (nonscarring) alopecia. the association between aa and celiac disease (cd) is debatable. several studies declare the relationship between aa and cd as measurement of celiac autoantibodies (anti‑gliadin iga and anti‑gliadin igg), but a few studies consider anti‑tissue transglutaminase iga. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency di...

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common dermatological disease characterized by patchy areas of nonscarring alopecia. Sometimes, differentiating patchy AA from trichotillomania (TTM) can be difficult. We report a case of AA mimicking TTM.

Background: Alopecia Areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease affecting hair follicles. Although many details are well specified in the pathogenesis of the disease, there exist certain aspects which require more investigations. Given the fact that the increase in Th-1 immunity is the essential part of the pathogenesis, the incrimination of osteopontin, as a Th-1 cytokine, is considered appropriate ...

Background. Diagnosis of patchy hair loss in pediatric patients is often a matter of considerable debate among dermatologists. Trichoscopy is a rapid and noninvasive tool to detect more details of patchy hair loss. Like clinical dermatology, trichoscopy works parallel to the skin surface and perpendicular to the histological plane; like the histopathology, it thus allows the viewing of structur...

Total glucosides of paeony capsule (TGPC) and compound glycyrrhizin tablets (CGT) are plant extracts of glycosides. We conducted this study to examine the efficacy and safety of TGPC plus CGT for severe alopecia areata in children. 117 subjects were randomly allocated into TGPC plus CGT group or CGT group. For consecutive 12 months, subjects were given oral TGPC and CGT or oral CGT alone. The o...

Pili annulati is a rare autosomal dominant hair disorder clinically characterized by a pattern of alternating bright and dark bands of the hair, the bright bands appearing dark if observed by transmitted light. This pattern is due to the periodic occurrence of air-filled cavities along the hair cortex which scatter and reflect the light while precluding its transmission. A susceptibility region...