Lichen planopilaris should be treated as quickly as possible to avoid permanent hair loss. Treatment is case-dependent, as the severity of symptoms, the extent of the lesions and response to treatment vary from individual to individual.
Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a difficult to treat condition leading to permanent hair loss and scarring. Pathobiologically, LPP shows Tcell mediated interferon│driven loss of keratin 15 (K15) positive hair follicle (HF) epithelial stem cells (eHFSCs) due to immune privilege (IP) collapse ...
Lichen planopilaris (LPP) and frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) are primary cicatricial alopecia that cause a major impact on quality of life due to irreversible hair loss and symptoms as itching, burning and pain. They are characterized by permanent loss of hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) by...
A 47-year-old man complained of symmetrical hair loss associated with itching. Trichoscopy revealed hair shaft variability, perifollicular erythema, loss of follicular ostia and casts suggesting features of both androgenetic alopecia and lichenplanopilaris. A trichoscopy guided biopsy specimen revealed a...
Absence of catagen/telogen phase and loss of cytokeratin 15 expression in hair follicles in lichen planopilaris[J] . Arlette Habashi-Daniel,Janet L. Roberts,Nisha Desai,Curtis T. Thompson.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology . 2014 (5)...
Absence of catagen/telogen phase and loss of cytokeratin 15 expression in hair follicles in lichen planopilaris[J] . Arlette Habashi-Daniel,Janet L. Roberts,Nisha Desai,Curtis T. Thompson.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology . 2014 (5)...