research Lipedematous scalp with heterochromia of scalp hair in a boy
A boy had a rare scalp condition with thickened skin and different-colored hair.
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420-450 / 1000+ resultsresearch Effects of Gonadal Steroids on Melanocytes in Developing Hamsters
Androgens increase pigmentation in young hamsters, but estrogens can reverse this effect.
research From hair colour to diagnosis
Hair color is influenced by genetics and can indicate certain health conditions.
research sQuiz your knowledge! Anogenital and distal erythema, alopecia, and diarrhoea
CAL-PDT is safer and more effective for treating actinic keratosis on the scalp.
research Queratose folicular espinulosa decalvante: relato de caso
A rare genetic disease caused severe, worsening hair loss from early childhood with poor treatment results.
research An unusual anatomical colocalization of alopecia areata and vitiligo in a child, and improvement during treatment with topical prostaglandin E2
Topical prostaglandin E2 can help treat both alopecia areata and vitiligo.
research Clinical Snippets
Vitamin D helps protect skin, PSORS1 gene's risk interval for psoriasis is expanded, hair follicles can be generated from mouse cells, and interferon-γ may cause pigmented skin lesions.
research Pseudopili Annulati in a Dark‐Haired Individual: A Light and Electron Microscopic Study
A dark-haired Chinese girl had hair that looked banded under certain light but was normal under a microscope.
research Generalized Asymptomatic Cutaneous Pits and Comedones in a Young Woman
The woman has a rare skin condition called follicular Dowling-Degos disease, which has limited treatment options.
research Genetic Basis of Pigmentation and Its Disorders
Understanding genes can help diagnose and treat skin color disorders.
research Description of clinical aspects and microscopy of the hair shaft of a carrier of familial monilethrix
Monilethrix causes brittle hair and hair loss, and it runs in families.
research Atrichia with papular lesions in a Taiwanese patient without hairless (HR) gene mutation
A Taiwanese patient had hair loss and skin bumps without the usual gene mutation, suggesting other genetic factors might be involved.
research An Unusual Ala12Thr Polymorphism in the 1A α-Helical Segment of the Companion Layer-Specific Keratin K6hf: Evidence for a Risk Factor in the Etiology of the Common Hair Disorder Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
research Expression of Langerhans cell antigens in the hair follicles in alopecia areata
research Trachyonychia with juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris
A young boy with a rare skin and nail condition improved significantly with simple topical treatments.
research Frontal fibrosing alopecia preceding the development of vitiligo: A case report
Hair loss condition FFA was seen before the appearance of skin depigmentation vitiligo in a patient.
research A Note on Postinflammatory Hair Darkening
Hair can darken after inflammation and then return to its original color.
research Perifollicular Melanocyte Regeneration in Bullous Pemphigoid
Melanocytes can regenerate around hair follicles in bullous pemphigoid, especially in patients with darker skin.
research How the leopard gets its spots: a transmembrane peptidase specifies feline pigmentation patterns
A gene called Taqpep affects cat coat patterns like stripes and blotches.
research Trichostasis Spinulosa Confirmed by Standard Skin Surface Biopsy
Trichostasis spinulosa can be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy and treated with specific gels, but lesions may return after stopping treatment.
research Hair repigmentation in microcystic adnexal carcinoma
Hair repigmentation can indicate malignancy and should be investigated.
research Acitretin-Induced Repigmentation of Gray Hair: A Case Report
Acitretin treatment unexpectedly darkened a patient's gray hair.
research Pohl-Pinkus constrictions of hair following chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease
Chemotherapy caused the patient's hair to have alternating thick and thin segments.
research Long-term follow-up of leucoderma patients treated with transplants of autologous cultured melanocytes, ultrathin epidermal sheets and basal cell layer suspension
Transplantation is effective for stable leucoderma but not for progressive, widespread vitiligo vulgaris.
research Nail pigmentation may be an early sign of minocycline-associated cutaneous pigmentation: A systematic review
Nail color change might be an early sign of skin pigmentation from minocycline.
research Clinicopathological insights into the phenotypic variation of autosomal recessive hypotrichosis/wooly hair by c.736T>A LIPH mutation
The conclusion is that the variation in hair thinness in patients is mostly due to the amount of underdeveloped hairs, and treatments that thicken fine hairs might work for those with mild to severe conditions.
research Trichogram findings in pemphigus patients
Hair changes may indicate disease activity in pemphigus patients.
research Alopecia areata incognito: A rare cause of hair loss in children
Alopecia areata incognito in children can be effectively treated with triamcinolone acetonide and supplements, leading to full hair regrowth.
research Grey hair: clinical investigation into changes in hair fibres with loss of pigmentation in a photoprotected population
Grey hair is wilder, drier, and less manageable than pigmented hair.
research Pinpoint white dots in the scalp: Dermoscopic and histopathologic correlation
Small white dots on the scalp seen with a dermoscope correspond to sweat ducts and vary with different hair disorders.