Hair & Nails
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Kerion Mimicking Erosive Pustular Dermatosis in Elderly Patients
Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp typically occurs in elderly patients; a diagnosis of fungal kerion infection in this patient population...
Aesthetic Dermatology
Supplement boosts hair growth in women
Major Finding: The mean number of anagen hairs in a prespecified 4 cm2 area of the scalps of 10 women randomized to receive the supplement...
Article
Pili Annulati Associated With Hair Fragility: Cause or Coincidence?
Pili annulati is a disorder that produces a spangled appearance to the hair, caused by alternating light and dark banding of hair shafts. This...
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Molecular Diagnostic Testing for Hair Loss Currently Limited
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Dots and Lines: A Dermoscopic Sign of Regression of Longitudinal Melanonychia in Children
It is not easy to predict the clinical course of longitudinal melanonychia (LM) in children because few prospective studies have been conducted....
Article
Hair Transplantation
Hair transplantation is a purely dermatologic surgical procedure that dermatologists should be able to perform in appropriate candidates with hair...
Photo Challenge
What Is Your Diagnosis? Pressure Alopecia
A 28-year-old man underwent an uncomplicated modified Ravitch procedure for elective repair of asymmetric pectus carinatum. The patient was placed...
Pediatric Dermatology
Prevalence of Scalp Disorders and Hair Loss in Children
Hair loss in children can have psychologic effects that interfere with a child’s growth and development.
Article
Subungual Exostosis
Subungual exostosis (SE) is a relatively uncommon benign tumor of the bone occurring in the distal phalanx of a digit. Its similarities to other...
Conference Coverage
High-Dose Finasteride Halts Hair Loss in Women
Major Finding: Of premenopausal women with androgenetic alopecia, 58% reported major improvement in response to oral finasteride at 5 mg/day, and...
Pediatric Dermatology
Menkes Syndrome Presenting as Possible Child Abuse
Menkes syndrome, also known as kinky-hair disease, is a rare X-linked recessive, lethal, neurodegenerative disorder of impaired copper transport...