Alopecia

The story of a woman using industrial strength glue in her hair has gone viral, spawning comments and criticism from across the world, but some experts warn that these types of actions can lead to serious, long-term damage.

Significant suicidality and adverse psychological events were reported in subjects who used finasteride to treat alopecia, according to a study published in JAMA Dermatology.

Topical minoxidil and procedural interventions were associated with improvements in persistent radiation-induced alopecia among patients treated for central nervous system or head and neck sarcomas, according to recent findings.

The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to three agents in development for oncology indications.

Oral health and hygiene and dietary practices may be associated with the development and severity of psoriasis, in a study from Dermatology Online Journal and the top Healio Dermatology story from November.

Hair loss in systemic lupus erythematosus can indicate active disease, and nonscarring alopecia shows changes unique to lupus on histology and direct immunofluorescence, according to researchers in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, appears to yield healing in ulcers as it changes the matrix metalloproteinase and cytokine expression shortly after topical application, according to researchers.

In a prospective cohort study published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, researchers described four patterns of hair loss observed in patients with cutaneous chronic graft-versus-host disease. According to their findings, alopecia that occurs in this population may be a manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease of the hair follicle.

In the most popular article last week on Healio Dermatology, researchers tallied the cost of all dermatology-related hospital admissions at $27.8 billion from 2010 to 2014, while the cost of all calendar year same-cause readmissions was $2.54 billion.

A nonmelanoma skin cancer risk prediction model using readily available information in the electronic medical records system and a deep learning approach appeared to demonstrate robust discrimination, according to findings published in JAMA Dermatology.