Medically reviewed by Katlein Franca, MD Key Takeaways CCCA is a type of hair loss that mainly affects Black women and begins with hair loss at the top of the head.Early treatment for CCCA can stop ...

Jerry Shapiro, MD, discusses strategies for treating patients with scarring and nonscarring alopecia.

Marissa Joseph, MD, MSc, FRCPC, medical director at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, highlighted cases from her practice to illustrate the recommended approach to scarring ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Today we're talking about alopecia ...

Dr. Crystal Aguh’s research shows promising results for reversing “devastating” hair loss. Alopecia, a general term used to describe hair loss, impacts Black women disproportionately. Nearly half of ...

Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, encompasses a group of disorders characterised by permanent hair loss due to the destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with scar tissue. This ...

Optimized treatment of lichen planopilaris should be individualized in the context of presenting symptoms and features, according to a newly tweaked algorithm.

Cicatricial alopecia encompasses a diverse group of inflammatory conditions that result in irreversible hair loss due to the permanent destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with fibrous ...

Wearing ponytails, braids, or other tight hairstyles often may sometimes lead to traction alopecia, a type of hair loss ...