Medical Articles
Cetirizine for Hair Loss?
Cetirizine for Hair Loss? Article Summary by Soneet Dhillon, MS | MD Candidate | Chicago Medical School What is Cetirizine? Cetirizine (Zyrtec ®) is an oral antihistamine available over the counter, which is [...]
Advocating for ICD-10 Coding for FFA & CCCA
Advocating for ICD-10-CM Coding for Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA). What is an ICD-10-CM code? ICD-10 codes are alphanumeric codes used by doctors, health insurance companies, and public [...]
Low Dose Oral Minoxidil in female patients with Lichen planopilaris: Real-life experience
Low Dose Oral Minoxidil in female patients with Lichen planopilaris: Real-life experience Article Summary by Wonder Edem | MD Candidate 2024 |University of California, Riverside School of MedicineLichen planopilaris (LPP) is one of the most [...]
Treatment of lichen planopilaris with baricitinib: A retrospective study
Treatment of lichen planopilaris with baricitinib: A retrospective study Article summary by Wonder Edem-Ineama | MD Candidate 2024 | University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Lichen Planopilaris and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia are [...]
Patch testing and contact allergen avoidance in patients with lichen planopilaris and/or frontal fibrosing alopecia: A cohort study
Patch testing and contact allergen avoidance in patients with lichen planopilaris and/or frontal fibrosing alopecia: A cohort study Article summary by Jessica Brown-Korsah | MD Candidate 2024 | Case Western Reserve University School [...]
My Advice to Fellow Scarring Alopecia Patients
My Advice to Fellow Scarring Alopecia Patients by Chandra Kasakevich, Patient and SAF Board Member October 12, 2022 After years of reading social media posts, and my own journey since my official diagnosis in 2015, [...]
New Potential Treatment – Narrowband UV-B for Lichen Planopilaris (LPP)
New Potential Treatment – Narrowband UV-B for Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is one of the most common scarring hair loss conditions, which is characterized by inflammation and scarring change of hair follicles [...]
Management of Scarring Alopecia
Management of Scarring Alopecia CARF MSAB member, Jerry Shariro, MD shares his presentation on the difference in scarring alopecia at the Maui Derm NP+PA Fall Conference. Click HERE to view the presentation information [...]
Medical Treatment Options for Hair Loss: Differences and Similarities in Common Medications Used for Cicatricial (Scarring) Alopecia
Medical Treatment Options for Hair Loss: Differences and Similarities in Common Medications Used for Cicatricial (Scarring) Alopecia Jennifer A. Wintringham Cicatricial (scarring) hair loss has a variety of different treatment options which can [...]