Many patients with scarring alopecia say they feel more confident in their care when they see a dermatologist who is a hair ...

Marissa Joseph, MD, MSc, FRCPC, medical director at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, highlighted cases from her practice to illustrate the recommended approach to scarring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo credit: Adobe Stock) Dr. Crystal Aguh’s research shows promising results for reversing “devastating” hair loss. Alopecia, a ...

In a case series of 17 men with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, 47.1% had a family history of alopecia. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), a type of scarring alopecia, most ...

Lower doses of a common antibiotic can curb hair loss caused by a rare skin condition, a new study says. The antibiotic doxycycline is commonly used to treat lymphocytic scarring alopecia, a condition ...

Cicatricial alopecia encompasses a diverse group of inflammatory conditions that result in irreversible hair loss due to the permanent destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with fibrous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a scarring baldness that mostly affects Black women. Higher ...

A low-level light therapy cap may be a safe, convenient treatment for some patients with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, though the treatment effects from a small prospective trial appear to ...

This common form of hair loss affects millions—here’s how to spot it early.

Alopecia, a general term used to describe hair loss, impacts Black women disproportionately. Nearly half of all Black women will experience some form of hair loss in their lives. It can come in a ...