Open AccessEarly Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia
Author(s) -
Rachita Dhurat,
Deepti Shukla,
Ameet Dandale,
Smita Ghate,
Sandip Agrawal,
Sujit J S Shanshanwal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000495117
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , hair loss , scarring alopecia , dermatology , stage (stratigraphy) , fibrosis , quality of life (healthcare) , pathology , biology , paleontology , nursing
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a slowly progressive cicatricial alopecia. FFA patients typically present with hair loss in the frontal, temporal, or frontotemporal scalp and eyebrows. It can also involve facial and body hair. It has an early inflammatory stage, which slowly progresses to the stage of fibrosis. In this article, we report a case of FFA in the early inflammatory stage who responded well to intralesional steroid.