Background Fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution (FAPD) is primary cicatricial considered subtype of lichen planopilaris (LPP). Objective The clinical and histopathological features, treatment response 24 female patients with FAPD were evaluated. Methods Demographic, clinical, data retrospectively collected. Results Twenty-four women included (mean age 60.7 years). mean Lichen Planopilar...

W e describe a 42-year-old woman with relapsingremitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who developed alopecia while receiving pharmacotherapy with glatiramer acetate (GA). The patient was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in 1998 based on her clinical presentation, positive surrogate disease markers on magnetic resonance imaging, and the presence of multiple oligoclonal bands in her cerebrospinal...

The hair follicle is a complete mini-organ that lends itself as a model for investigation of a variety of complex biological phenomena, including stem cell biology, organ regeneration and cloning. The arrector pili muscle inserts into the hair follicle at the level of the bulgethe epithelial stem cell niche. The arrector pili muscle has been previously thought to be merely a bystander and not t...

Androgenetic alopecia is the most common form of hair loss in men. The present study was designed to evaluate the hair growth-promoting activity of a preparation of the Adiantum capillus-veneris Linn. (A. capillus-veneris) on albino mice using a testosterone-induced alopecia model. Five groups of albino mice were studied: (A) Testosterone solution only (n=6); (B) Testosterone + Finasteride solu...

canaliculi). They present at or shortly after birth, and most cases are associated with other systemic conditions. Uncombable hair syndrome is similar to APKH; however, the SEM cross-section appears triangular, which is different from the presentation of APKH. Diffuse partial woolly hair (DPWH) and environmental factors such as trauma, radiation and drugs should also be ruled out. DPWH comprise...