VIDEO: Shapiro describes JAK inhibitors ‘game changer’ for alopecia areata

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video perspective from Maui Derm for Dermatologists, Jerry Shapiro, MD, FAAD, reviews treatment options for alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia and frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Treatments discussed by Shapiro, who is a professor of dermatology at New York University Langone Medical Center, included the use of Janus kinase inhibitors for alopecia areata, which he called a ‘game changer’ for the autoimmune disorder.