Over their lifetime, about half of men and 40% of women will experience alopecia, or hair loss. Understanding what type of alopecia a person has can make a big ...

Crystal Aguh, MD, FAAD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty, highlights the critical need for comprehensive education on hair loss across diverse hair types, stressing the importance of ...

This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. Retrograde alopecia is a form of hair loss characterized by the gradual thinning or recession of hair at the nape of the neck or the sides of the scalp.

LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a common cause of a type of hair loss called scarring alopecia in African-American women, affecting 14%.

Alopecia areata is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing non-scarring hair loss due to immune system attacks on hair follicles. Breakdown of immune privilege in hair follicles leads to infiltration by ...

Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, encompasses a group of disorders characterised by permanent hair loss due to the destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with scar tissue. This ...

Pustules, itchy bumps or painful nodules on the scalp, commonly called scalp pimples, are more than a nuisance. Left ...

In this Healio exclusive video, Ronda S. Farah, MD, FAAD, discusses a session on follicular rescue in scarring alopecia from this year’s American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting. “There’s been a ...

Dr. Crystal Aguh’s research shows promising results for reversing “devastating” hair loss. Alopecia, a general term used to describe hair loss, impacts Black women disproportionately. Nearly half of ...

Hair loss recently made headlines after a dramatic moment at the Oscars when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Since 2018, Pinkett Smith has publicly ...

Explore the latest advances in alopecia areata treatment, including FDA-approved JAK inhibitors and promising topical ...