Absence of hair where it normally grows
Categorized as acquired or congenital
Most cases are acquired: Tinea capitis is most common, followed by traumatic alopecia and alopecia areata.
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Question: Is the loss acquired or congenital? Is the alopecia treatable? Is it likely to be self-li...
Treatment of alopecia is guided by the underlying cause.
Most patients with alopecia areata do not need treatment, as regrowth will occur spontaneously. Other than reassurance...
Tinea capitis, alopecia areata, and traction alopecia
Hair will regrow, may take months
There is a poorer prognosis with alopecia universalis. <10% have full recovery.
Telogen ef...
Alkhalifah A, Alsantali A, Wang E, et al. Alopecia areata update: part II. Treatment. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2010;62(2):191–202. [View Abstract on OvidInsights]
Castelo-Soccio L. ...
704.00 Alopecia, unspecified
110.0 Dermatophytosis of scalp and beard
704.01 Alopecia areata
704.09 Other alopecia
757.4 Specified anomalies of hair
312.39 Other disorders of impulse control
Q: When can children with tinea capitis return to school?
A: Once treatment with a systemic antifungal has begun, the child may return to school. A topical shampoo such as selenium sulfide or ketoc...
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Traction alopecia: black patient, corn-row hairstyle
Ulerythema ophryogenes: eyebrow inflammation and alopecia
Figure 10.68. Madarosis, poliosis, alopecia areata, and trichotillomania. B: The patient's scalp shows areas of patchy alopecia and whitening of the remaining hair. The patient had previously undergone treatments for alopecia areata with intralesional corticosteroid injections without success. Metabolic evaluation revealed undiagnosed primary hypothyroidism.
Figure 10.68. Madarosis, poliosis, alopecia areata, and trichotillomania. B: The patient's scalp shows areas of patchy alopecia and whiten...
Male pattern balding.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia: female
<bold>John D. Rockefeller, Sr.</bold> This 1904 portrait shows the complete loss of scalp hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes that are characteristic of alopecia universalis. Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center.
<bold>John D. Rockefeller, Sr.</bold> This 1904 portrait shows the complete loss of scalp hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes that a...
The patient's scalp shows areas of patchy alopecia and whitening of the remaining hair. The patient had previously undergone treatments for alopecia areata with intralesional corticosteroid injections without success. Metabolic evaluation revealed undiagnosed primary hyperthyroidism.
The patient's scalp shows areas of patchy alopecia and whitening of the remaining hair. The patient had previously undergone treatments fo...
Hair loss seen in a 34-year-old woman at 3 months after the onset of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
Hair Follicles in Baldness Unlabeled
Hair Follicles in Baldness Labeled
Human Hair. Baldness
Alopecia totalis
Discoid lupus - Scarring alopecia with scale in a woman with discoid lupus
Alopecia areata - sharp & focal non-scarring scalp hair loss i
Alopecia areata - sharp & focal non-scarring scalp hair loss in a young woman
FIG. 6.30. Alopecia areata is an idiopathic disorder causing noncicatricial hair loss. The lesions may be localized (A), patchy (B), diffuse (C), or occasionally universal.
FIG. 6.30. Alopecia areata is an idiopathic disorder causing noncicatricial hair loss. The lesions may be localized (A), patchy (B), diffus...
FIG. 26.5. Traumatic alopecia. (From Reece RM, Ludwig S. Child abuse: medical diagnosis and management, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001:29, with permission.)
FIG. 26.5. Traumatic alopecia. (From Reece RM, Ludwig S. Child abuse: medical diagnosis and management, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Wi...
<bold>Figure 5-4</bold> Alopecia areata. (Courtesy of George A. Datto, III, MD.)
<bold>Figure 5-5</bold> Traction alopecia. Alopecia where traction has been applied in association with hair brading. (Courtesy of Carrie Ann Cusack, MD.)
<bold>Figure 5-5</bold> Traction alopecia. Alopecia where traction has been applied in association with hair brading. (Courtesy...
<bold><italic>Figure 24-4</bold> Alopecia areata.</bold>