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A 65-year-old woman has a growing bald spot on her scalp.

Tinea capitis, a scalp fungal infection in children, is best treated with newer antifungal agents for shorter periods.

Facial papules can occur with lichen planopilaris.

A patient with a thick scalp and hair loss was correctly diagnosed with alopecia areata and a thick scalp fat layer, not lipedematous alopecia, and regrew hair after treatment.

Trichofolliculoma should be considered in children with scalp nodules for accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Dissecting cellulitis may have genetic links and can cause permanent hair loss.

A rare form of alopecia causes hair thinning without bald spots and may be more common than thought, responding well to steroid treatment.

Children's hair diseases include compulsive hair-pulling, easily plucked hair, scalp fungal infections, and head lice, each requiring specific diagnosis and treatment.

A scalp infection was treated successfully, leading to full hair regrowth.

Non-scarring hair loss can be diagnosed with two 4mm punch biopsies, one cut vertically and the other transversely.

Trichoscopy helped diagnose and treat a child's fungal scalp infection by spotting specific hair shapes.

The document concludes that a unique target-like hair regrowth pattern in alopecia areata may be more common than thought and should be properly identified.

The document says that treating the root cause of hair follicle damage is crucial to prevent permanent hair loss, and treatment options vary.

Lupus can affect the scalp and nails, often causing hair loss and nail damage, and needs early aggressive treatment to prevent permanent damage.

Scalp dermatoscopy helps diagnose and monitor hair loss severity.

Different types of scarring alopecia may be stages of one disease, and accurate diagnosis is crucial to prevent permanent hair loss.

The conclusion is that it's important to tell apart alopecia areata from lipedematous alopecia for proper treatment, as alopecia areata can be reversed.

Combination therapy may be more effective for difficult-to-treat scalp conditions.

Folliculitis decalvans is a rare scalp condition causing scarring hair loss, treated with long-term antibiotics and other medications, but it often comes back and is hard to manage.

Systemic retinoids may effectively treat erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.

The nodule on the woman's back was a benign hair follicle tumor, not cancer, but needed removal.

The most common causes of hair loss in a Nigerian hospital were discoid lupus erythematosus of the scalp and alopecia areata, and more research is needed to understand and address these issues.

A woman with a rare scalp condition causing a thick scalp and hair loss didn't improve with steroid treatment.

Alopecia in Burkina Faso mostly affects young people, often students, with common causes being tinea and alopecia areata.

Systemic corticosteroids may effectively treat follicular mucinosis.

Two siblings with tinea capitis improved after treatment with ketoconazole.

A 9-year-old girl with a healthy immune system was successfully treated for a severe fungal scalp infection caused by Microsporum audouinii.

The most common scalp problems in Sikkim were seborrheic dermatitis, androgenetic alopecia, and alopecia areata.

Some hair loss drugs can cause a unique type of hair loss that resembles both psoriasis and alopecia.