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Trichoscopy is a useful, quick, and non-invasive way to diagnose tinea capitis.

Hair transplant destroyed by lichen planopilaris.

Hair loss improved after removing pituitary tumor.

A boy with chromosome 13q deletion syndrome developed eye cancer, a woman with breast cancer lost vision due to a rare side-effect of her treatment, a man's vision worsened after using a hair loss drug, and two rare disorders were discussed. Optical Coherence Tomography is useful for diagnosing and monitoring these conditions.

Androgenetic alopecia is a common hair loss condition caused by testosterone effects on hair follicles, leading to thinner, shorter, and less pigmented hair, diagnosed using scalp dermoscopy and treated with topical minoxidil, antiandrogen agents, and 5-alpha reductase inhibitors.

Male hair loss is mainly due to thinner hair, not less hair.

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia is a hair loss condition mainly affecting postmenopausal women, with unclear causes and various clinical patterns.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can occur in children, not just postmenopausal women.

Men with Frontal fibrosing alopecia typically lose hair on the front scalp and sometimes on sideburns and upper lip, with treatments showing varied success.

Vertex accentuation is a common pattern in female hair loss.

Using consecutive transposition flaps can manage gaps in hair growth after multiple hair loss surgeries.

Scalp reduction can improve hair distribution in certain baldness cases but requires careful patient selection and understanding of facial structure.

High-dose thiotepa and twice-daily treatments increase the risk of permanent hair loss in children receiving craniospinal irradiation.

"Male-pattern" hair loss is common in women, especially after menopause, and doesn't always mean there's a problem with hormone balance.

Congenital triangular alopecia is more common than thought and some treatments can be beneficial for appearance concerns.

Severe hair loss is linked to higher risks of hypertension and diabetes, especially in younger adults and women.

The document concludes that doctors should recognize congenital triangular alopecia to avoid unnecessary treatments, as it does not respond to steroids like alopecia areata does.

Use a frontal forelock pattern to manage advanced hair loss.

A woman with a rare hair loss condition developed skin cancer in the bald area.

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

Horizontal sectioning helps diagnose hair loss, but Korean follicle differences matter.

3DEEP reveals early hair follicle stem cell formation and niche establishment before hair bulb development.

Examining scalp biopsies in different ways helps better diagnose hair loss types.

A fungal infection can look like a different scalp condition in teens, leading to wrong treatment until proper tests are done.

A condition called Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia causes hair loss and scalp burning in middle-aged African women, and it's treated with various medications, hair transplants, and non-drug methods like wigs.

A new genetic mutation was found causing hair and eye issues in a boy.

Atypical male hair loss may not respond to usual treatments.

Mutations in the POC1A gene can cause a unique form of extreme insulin resistance and short stature.

Parthenolide promotes hair growth in mice and may influence pathways related to male pattern baldness.

Long-term use of high-dose topical minoxidil can cause thickened, ridged scalp.