Hair Loss and Restoration

Description

Even though we don’t fully understand the pathophysiology of many hair diseases, there are always treatment options available. In this book, Jerry Shapiro shares his many years of experience in all aspects of this field. He discusses the most common cause of hair loss, androgenic alopecia with reference to major advances in medical therapy for male and female patients. He also examines alopecia areata, including pathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis, and clinical pearls for drug treatment. The issue of drug induces alopecia is reviewed along with other topic such as telogen effluvium, inflammatory and non-inflammatory cicatricial alopecia.

Contents

How to Diagnose the Patient with Hair Loss? Patterned Hair Loss: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management. Telogen Effluvium: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management, Hair Loss from Drugs and Radiation, Alopecia Areata: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management, Cicatricial Alopecias: Pathogenesis, Classification, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management. Hair Restoration Surgery. Non-Medical Approach to Hair Loss: What’s Available? Index.

Authors

Jerry Shapiro, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Disorders of Hair and Scalp, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA

Nina Otberg, MD, Clinical Lead, Hair Clinic, Skin and Laser Center, Berlin, Germany, Clinical Lead, Hair Transplant Center, Otberg Medical Group, Berlin, Germany