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Sharing Internet Research About Hair Loss with your Dermatologist
Sharing Internet Research About Hair Loss with your Dermatologist Article Summary by Sarah Shareef | MD Candidate, Class of2025 | Michigan State University College of Human Medicine When hair loss presents, a million [...]
Exploring Treatment Outcomes in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA)
Exploring Treatment Outcomes in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) Article Summary by Michael Buontempo, MS4 | MD Candidate | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia, or CCCA, is a condition [...]
A Patient Guide to Understanding Treatments for Scarring Alopecia
A Patient Guide to Understanding Treatments for Scarring Alopecia Article Summary by Tejashri Venkatesh | MD Candidate 2025 | Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University Scarring alopecia, also known as primary cicatricial [...]
Decoding Hair Loss: Exploring the Differences between Scarring and Non-Scarring Alopecia
Decoding Hair Loss: Exploring the Differences between Scarring and Non-Scarring Alopecia Article Summary by Soneet Dhillon, MS | MD Candidate | Chicago Medical School Scarring versus Non-Scarring Alopecia: An Interobserver Histopathological Reproducibility Study [...]
Rethinking Hair Loss Treatment: How a Diabetes Drug Measures Up to a Topical Corticosteroid for Lichen Planopilaris
Rethinking Hair Loss Treatment: How a Diabetes Drug Measures Up to a Topical Corticosteroid for Lichen Planopilaris Article Summary by Michael Buontempo, MS4 | MD Candidate | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Lichen [...]
DPP4 Inhibitors: A Potential Tool for Hair Growth and Reducing Fibrosis
DPP4 Inhibitors: A Potential Tool for Hair Growth and Reducing Fibrosis Article Summary by Michael Buontempo, MS4 | MD Candidate | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Elevated levels of a protein called Dipeptidyl [...]
Platelet-rich Plasma in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
Platelet-rich Plasma in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) Commentary by Tejashri Venkatesh | MD Candidate 2025 | Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a preparation of concentrated platelets found [...]
Oral Low-Dose Naltrexone in the Treatment of FFA and LPP
Oral Low-Dose Naltrexone in the Treatment of FFA and LPP Article Summary by Wonder Edem, MS3 | MD Candidate | University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Lichen planopilaris (LPP) and Frontal Fibrosing [...]
Low-level Light Therapy in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
Low-level Light Therapy in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia Article summary by Tejashri Venkatesh | MD Candidate 2025 | Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin UniversityLow-level light therapy (LLLT), also known as photobiomodulation therapy, has long [...]