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 ...

The real reasons your hair is falling out. Dermatologists explain the causes of hair loss and the best treatments for hair ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve noticed an excessive amount of hair shedding, a receding hairline, or that the hair on the crown of your head becoming ...

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