cicatricial

The cause of the various cicatricial alopecias is poorly understood.

The majority of patients with cicatricial alopecia have no family history of a similar condition.

A dermatologist can follow your cicatricial alopecia using these guidelines, and with the pull test.

They usually occur as retention cysts in cicatricial conditions of the conjunctiva.

In more severe and active disease, mass effects and cicatricial changes occur within the orbit.

The course of cicatricial alopecia is usually prolonged.

Diagnosis and treatment of cicatricial alopecias is often challenging.

The later structural changes of trachoma are referred to as "cicatricial trachoma".

Epidemiologic studies have not been performed to determine the incidence of cicatricial alopecias.

Cicatricial alopecias are classified as primary or secondary.

Cicatricial alopecias affect both men and women, most commonly adults, although all ages may be affected.

The term "cicatricial" pemphigoid excluded affected individuals who do not develop scarring.

Bullous and Cicatricial pemphigoids usually affect persons who are over age 60.

For primary cicatricial alopecias in the hair follicle is the target of the destructive inflammatory process.

Lichen planus of the scalp ( leading to cicatricial alopecia)

Unfortunately, the cicatricial alopecias may reactivate after a quiet period and treatment may have to be repeated.

Site-specific terms such as "ocular" cicatricial pemphigoid excluded individuals with multiple site involvement.

Also in this category is cicatricial pattern hair loss (CPHL).

Cicatricial alopecias are not contagious.

New diagnostic techniques, such as trichoscopy may be used for non-invasive differential diagnosis of cicatricial alopecia.

Cicatricial pemphigoid and, in severe cases, rosacea may cause symblepharon.

A cicatricial alopecia with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate is folliculitis keloidalis.

In general, cicatricial alopecias are not associated with other illnesses, and usually occur in otherwise healthy men and women.

Early cerebritis should not be mistaken for normal, immature white matter, nor for cicatricial leukomalacia.

Primary cicatricial alopecias are further classified by the type of inflammatory cells that destroy the hair follicle during the active stage of the disease.