Alopecia areata. 6 months of persistent focal alopecia of the right eyebrow in a 40-year-old patient with alopecia areata, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and atopic eczema.
Alopecia areata universalis: Acute, complete loss of axillary hair in a 23-year-old patient with a catastrophic set of teeth which has not been restored for years.
Alopecia areata universalis. initially circular hair loss with rapid progression, which led to hairlessness of the entire scalp. the remaining body hair of the 16-year-old patient is not affected.
Alopecia marginalis. 6 months of persistent, progressive hair loss at the traction points for the fixation of composite parts of a hair replacement woven in for 8 years in a 37-year-old female patient. In the picture a skin-coloured scar plate is centrally impressing, which has existed since birth (Pat. had as a twin almost grown together with his sibling).
Alopecia marginalis. detail enlargement: Since 6 months persistent, progressive hair loss at the traction points for fixation of composite parts of a hair replacement woven in for 8 years in a 37-year-old female patient. In the picture a skin-coloured scar plate is centrally impressing.
Alopecia marginalis: Hair thinning and focal hairlessness due to constant, hairstyle-related pulling on the hair at the forehead hairline and parietally. 22-year-old woman who until recently wore tightly bound raster curls.
Alopecia neurodermitica. general view: Chronic stationary, temporally to occipitally localized, large-area, diffuse hair loss in a 53-year-old female patient with atopic eczema since childhood. the scalp is partly diffusely reddened, the follicles are preserved. isolated scratch artefacts are visible. the patient also suffers from bronchial asthma and seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivalis.
Dyskeratosis follicularis: Infestation of the palms of the hands; in central areas of the palm flat, common keratoses, at the ball of the thumb about 0.1-0.2 cm large, glassy papules.
folliculitis decalvans. low inflammatory, "burnt out" disease state. appearance of scarred alopecia with discrete, heart-shaped reddening around the marginal hair follicles. the present condition approaches the finding of "pseudopelade brocq".
Folliculitis decalvans. 12 months of persistent scarring hair loss, with initially slight itching in a 66-year-old female patient. In addition to purulent folliculitis, tufted hairs with surrounding erythema and numerous small, shiny, hairless areas appear.
Folliculitis decalvans. 4 years of persistent, chronically active, progressive, red, follicle-related, rough, partly scaly, partly solitary, partly confluent papules on the capillitium of a 46-year-old man. In between, skin-coloured or white, hard, smooth, scarred plaques appear on which the follicles are completely missing.
Folliculitis decalvans: Alopecia like a footstep with fresh and older scars. Left picture: Inflammatory area with yellowish crusts. The process has been going on for several years, in attacks which last several months. Oral antibiotics improve the severity of the attacks.
Keratosis pilaris syndrome: Numerous follicularly bound papules in the area of the forearm in the sense of a keratosis follicularis in a 47-year-old female patient.
Keratosis pilaris syndrome. Inflammatory follicularly bound papules in the area of the hairline of a 41-year-old female patient, with multiple, whitish, atrophic areas in between with loss of the follicular ostia.
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