Posts Tagged ‘central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia’
Medical therapy for central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
This is a 64 year old woman of African descent who developed severe hair loss and itching after years of using relaxers and glued-in hair extensions. She underwent scalp biopsy showing CCCA (central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia) and stopped all damaging grooming techniques. She also used topical clobetasol solution and oral doxycycline. Her results before and…
Read MoreFemale Hair Transplant – Case Study – Advanced Hair Loss Restoration
This 66 year old female had progressive thinning over the vertex area for many years. Dr. Rogers believed that her condition was either CCCA (central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia) or FPHL (female pattern hair loss) and given the possibility of poor growth with CCCA elected to do a test transplant first of 25 hairs. When she followed up at…
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