Evidence Based Hair Season 1, Episode 11 (Scarring Alopecia)

The Evidence Based Hair Podcast was created to highlight brand new, hot off the press, stellar, world-class research in the field of hair loss. The podcast was created for hair loss practitioners around the world who care for patients with all different types of hair loss. Each week different hair loss research topics are covered including androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areatea, telogen effluvium, traction alopecia, tinea capitis, trichotillomania, lichen planopilaris, frontal fibrosing alopecia, dissecting cellulitis, folliculitis decalvans, discoid lupus, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, erosive pustular dermatosis.... and a whole lots more.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS WEEK'S PODCAST:

STUDIES REFERENCED

FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA & REPIGMENTATION:

Barreto TM et al (starts at 3:41). Atypical frontal fibrosing alopecia presentation in a male patient associated with spontaneous reversal of canities. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Mar 12

Defo D et al Repigmentation pilaire enbordure d’une alopecie frontale fibrosante. [Hair darkening close to a patch of frontal fibrosing alopecia]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2006;133: 799–801

Pastor-Nieto et al. Localized grey hair repigmentation (canities reversal) in patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35: e408–e410.

COSMETIC SURGERY AND RISK OF FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA:

Pham et al (starts at 10:20). The Association of Frontal Alopecia with a History of Facial and Scalp Surgical Procedures. Skin Appendage Disord. 2022 Jan;8(1):13-19.

Kossard and Shiell. Frontal fibrosing alopecia developing after hair transplantation for androgenetic alopecia. Int J Dermatol. 2005 Apr;44(4):321-3.

Chiang YZ et al. Lichen planopilaris following hair transplantation and face-lift surgery Br J Dermatol. 2012 Mar;166(3):666-370.

HAIR TRANSPLANT SURGERY FOR PATIENTS WITH FFA:

Vano-Galvan S et al (starts at 16:25). Hair transplant in frontal fibrosing alopecia: A multicenter review of 51 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Sep;81(3):865-866.

Arasu et al (starts at 25:11). Scalp reduction surgery does not reactivate frontal fibrosing alopecia: A case report. Dermatol Ther. 2022 Mar 16;e15451.

LICHEN PLANOPILARIS AND CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS

Garcia-Melendo C et al (starts at 43:40). Extensive lichen planopilaris as exclusive lichenoid reaction secondary to pembrolizumab in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Dermatol Ther. 2022 Feb 17;e15388.

Uthayakumar AK et al (starts at 51:48). Severe progressive scarring pembrolizumab-induced lichen planopilaris in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Australas J Dermatol. 2021 Aug;62(3):403-406.

Cogen et al. Lichen planopilaris associated with pembrolizumab in a patient with metastatic melanoma. JAAD Case Rep . 2018 Jan 16;4(2):132-134.

Dominguez-Santas M et al. Avelumab-induced lichen planopilaris, a novel association. Int J Dermatol. 2021 Oct;60(10):e414-e416.