Techniques in the Evaluation and Management of Hair Diseases

This book covers the aspects that will help someone starting a practice focused on hair disease or more senior practitioners needing an update on developments. World experts have here generously supplied the information needed, in an extremely practical way, to properly manage daily practice when treating hair patients.

Published in association with the Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Table of Contents
Preface
List of contributors
1 Introduction
Ramon Grimalt
2 Summary of hair diseases: Cicatricial and non cicatricial
Aurora Alessandrini, Bianca Maria Piraccini, and Michela Starace
3 Photography in hair diseases
Adriana Rakowska
4 Pull test and trichogram
Cristina Serrano
5 Trichoscopy I: Non-cicatricial alopecia
Anna Waśkiel-Burnat and Lidia Rudnicka
6 Trichoscopy II: Cicatricial alopecia
Bruna Duque-Estrada and Rodrigo Pirmez
7 Scalp biopsy in hair disorders
Mariya Miteva
8 Topical contact immunotherapy in alopecia areata
Andrea Combalia and Juan Ferrando
9 Lasers and new technologies in hair disease
Giselle Martins Pinto and Patricia Damasco
10 Microneedling
Rachita S Dhurat and Sanober Burzin Daruwalla
11 Emerging Oral Treatments: Oral JAK Inhibitors for Alopecia Areata and Oral Minoxidil for
Androgenetic Alopecia
Jared Marc John and Rodney Sinclair
12 Mesotherapy: Dutasteride, minoxidil, vitamins
David Saceda and Claudia Bernárdez
13 Platelet-Rich Plasma
Lu Yin, Katerina Svigos, Kristen Lo Sicco, and Jerry Shapiro
14 Hair cosmetics and cosmeceuticals
Aurora Alessandrini, Michela Starace, and Bianca Maria Piraccini
15 Psychological aspects of hair loss
Andjela Egger and Antonella Tosti
16 Modern techniques in hair transplantation
Bessam Farjo and Nilofer Farjo
17 Trichoscopy in hair transplantation
Rui Oliveira Soares
18 What you need for a trichology consultation
Oscar Muñoz Moreno-Arrones and Sergio Vañó Galván
19 Conclusions
Ramon Grimalt
App I Platelet rich plasma
Rubina Alves
App II Mesotherapy with dutasteride
Rubina Alves
App III Intralesional corticosteroids
Rubina Alves
Index

Rubina Alves, MD, PhD, is a Specialist in Dermatology, Hospital Central do Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

Ramon Grimalt, MD, PhD, is Professor of Dermatology, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain