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Hair casts may be caused by repetitive hair pulling or styling and are often misdiagnosed.

Normal scalp and hair characteristics in Black Africans include white dots and a honeycomb pattern.

Recognizing Jacquet's sign helps diagnose and treat traction alopecia accurately.

The "color-transition sign" helps tell apart alopecia areata incognita from telogen effluvium by looking at hair color changes.

Two new signs, 'signet ring vessels' and 'hidden hairs,' help tell apart scalp psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis.

The "spade sign" is a highly specific indicator for diagnosing acne keloidalis.

Perifollicular erythema can indicate active frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Isolated patchy heterochromia with pili annulati can occur without other health issues.

Hair loss in male frontal fibrosing alopecia may spare areas covered by a wristwatch.

A dark-haired Chinese girl had hair that looked banded under certain light but was normal under a microscope.

A teenager's hair with alternating white and dark bands, known as Pili annulati, is a genetic condition that is usually harmless and often considered attractive.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can mimic traction alopecia but has distinct features like facial papules and eyebrow thinning.

Ear creases might indicate heart disease risk, needing more research.

Hair changes and a high occipital hairline may help diagnose Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome.

Early shedding of the inner root sheath in noninflamed hair follicles is a relatively specific sign of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.

The pseudo 'fringe sign' can also appear in frontal fibrosing alopecia, not just in traction alopecia, showing that this condition may be more common than thought.

Early detection of scalp signs can prevent permanent scarring in Lichen Planopilaris.

The scalp has a natural speckled pattern of increased pigment around hair follicles, possibly linked to local hormone production.

Trichoscopy helps tell apart scalp lesions in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus and is useful for choosing biopsy locations.

The study found certain scalp biopsy features can help tell apart alopecia areata from pattern hair loss even when typical immune cells are not seen.

PRP injection for hair growth can cause reversible vision loss due to inflammatory optic neuropathy.

Spotted lunula may help identify alopecia areata.

Segmented hair color changes can indicate active alopecia areata.

Hair follicles in the back of the rosette fancy mouse have reversed orientations due to a gene mutation.

UV-enhanced trichoscopy helps diagnose hair shaft disorders like pili annulati.

Focal atrichia helps diagnose female pattern hair loss.

A girl with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome developed curly hair as a rare side effect from the epilepsy drug perampanel.

Paraproteinemic keratopathy can show eye symptoms before other signs of disease, needing careful treatment and long-term follow-up.