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Treatment of permanent chemotherapy‐induced alopecia with low dose oral minoxidil
Author(s) -
Yang Xinyi,
Thai KengEe
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.12350
Subject(s) - minoxidil , medicine , chemotherapy , scalp , hair growth , hair loss , dermatology , surgery , physiology
Chemotherapy‐induced alopecia is a well‐established cause of major distress to patients. Permanent chemotherapy‐induced alopecia ( PCIA ) is the absence of or incomplete hair regrowth lasting longer than 6 months after the cessation of chemotherapy and it does not respond to standard treatments of scalp cooling or topical minoxidil. The increasing numbers of reports of PCIA highlight the need for research into an effective treatment. We report a case of a 39 year‐old woman with cosmetically significant regrowth after continuous therapy with oral minoxidil.