We herein report a case of hair follicle nevus, a rare hamartoma found on the face and showing follicular differentiation, which was associated with sebaceous hyperplasia. Dermoscopy of the lesion showed yellow globules surrounded by crown vessels/telangiectasias and scattered tiny hairs. Histopathological investigation revealed hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands and proliferation of well-diff...

Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome (BDCS) is an X linked dominant disorder of the hair follicle characterised by follicular atrophoderma, multiple basal cell carcinomas, hypotrichosis, milia, and localised hypohidrosis. Follicular atrophoderma (FA) are follicular funnel shaped depressions, "ice pick marks", seen most commonly on the dorsum of the hands. We describe the first known Scottish family wi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A considerable portion of the hair follicle remains attached to plucked hair and can be used for follicle cell culture. In this study we have phenotyped these cells in an attempt to identify the stem cell fraction. Reports in the literature have indicated that this cell population may be positive for cytokeratin (CK) 19. Because stem cells in general need to be protect...

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is one of the widely practiced minimally invasive follicular harvesting techniques employed during hair transplantation. FUE technique has an advantage of utilising lower occipital area and supra-auricular region as a safe donor area described by Unger, in addition to the standard occipital donor area used in strip method (follicular unit transplant). Despite it...

F OLLICULAR MUCINOSIS is a histologic process whose hallmark is the accumulation of acid mucopolysaccharides within hair follicle epithelium.’ Follicular mucinosis has been reported in four clinical settings.”7 In the first group of cases, follicular mucinosis occurs as slightly raised and boggy plaques on the face and scalp, usually of children, adolescents, or young adults. A second group has...

LPP is one of the main causes of primary cicatricial alopecias. This study was performed for review of histo-pathological characteristics of LPP, and for the first time the density of hair follicles in vertical scalp biopsies was compared with healthy scalp biopsies. Vertically sectioned scalp 5mm punch biopsies of 44 cases of LPP were examined(H&E and Alcian blue) according to NAHRS criteria (...

BACKGROUND Hair restoration surgery has evolved into a scientifically based cosmetic surgical discipline over the last half century. A recent hair surgical technique to evolve, Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), is a donor harvesting technique removing single "follicular units "one unit at a time" with a small round punch. OBJECTIVE Describe the origins, current practices and controversies in ...

Hair transplant surgery has made significant strides over the past 25 years that has resulted in highly satisfied patients. The movements from miniand micro-grafting techniques to the now standard follicular grafting techniques have resulting in more aesthetically pleasing and natural appearance of transplanted hair [1, 2]. While the strip technique is the most practiced method of donor harvest...

Alopecia can be either scarring or non-scarring. Non-scarring alopecias tend to have preserved follicular ostia, with no clinically visible inflammation in most presentations, although histologic inflammation may be present. The common types of non-scarring alopecias are androgenic alopecia, telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, trichotillomania and traction alopecia. Scarring alopecias, also kno...

UNLABELLED Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has become a newer method for the treatment of various types of alopecia. In this prospective study, safety, efficacy and feasibility of PRP injections in treating androgenic alopecia were assessed. Eleven patients suffering from hair loss due to androgenic alopecia and not responding to 6 months treatment with minoxidil and finasteride were included in thi...