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July 2025 in “SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine” Ritlecitinib is effective and safe for long-term treatment of alopecia areata.
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March 2002 in “PubMed” High-dose steroid pulse therapy effectively regrows hair in severe multifocal alopecia areata.
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December 2022 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” New oral treatments for adult hair loss show promise, especially JAK inhibitors, with mild side effects.
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January 2023 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” Beard alopecia areata causes patchy beard hair loss, often treatable with janus kinase inhibitors.
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June 2018 in “JAAD case reports” A JAK inhibitor improved both severe hair loss and chronic skin disease in one patient.
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January 2024 in “Arab Board Medical Journal” Tofacitinib effectively regrows hair in alopecia areata patients, especially in younger individuals, with manageable side effects.
New drugs, baricitinib and ritlecitinib, are effective for severe alopecia areata.
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March 2021 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” Ustekinumab successfully treated a man's resistant skin condition when other treatments failed.
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