Evidence Based Hair

STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE   Pastukhova E et al. Alopecia Areata as a Sequela of COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review J Cutan Med Surg. 2023 Jan-Feb;27(1):64-65.   Wang C-W et al. Clinical characteristics and immune profiles of patients with immune-mediated alopecia associated with COVID-19 vaccinations. Clin Immunol. 2023 Oct:255:109737.   Genco L et al. Alopecia Areata after COVID-1...

STUDIES REVIEWED THIS WEEK:   Chang R et al. Risk of autoimmune diseases in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Feb;56:101783   Tesch F et al. Incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a matched cohort study. Clin Rheumatol. 2023 Oct;42(10):2905-2914.    Lim SG et al. Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders...

STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: Workman K and Kindred C (starts at 2:10). Hair regrowth in a patient with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia after a 2-month trial of baricitinib. JAAD Case Rep. 2023 Jul 28:39:109-111.   Cook M et al (starts at 12:07). Use of low-level light therapy in management of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: A case series of four patients. Photodermatol Ph...

ARTICLES COVERED THIS WEEK     STUDY 1: Ong M et al (starts at 5:12). Low-dose oral minoxidil for androgenetic alopecia is not associated with clinically significant blood-pressure changes: a retrospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Oct 13:S0190-9622(23)02976-6.    Sanabria et al. Prospective cardiovascular evaluation with 24-h Holter and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in men using...

ARTICLES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE   Krauss A (starts at 12:44). Why all randomised controlled trials produce biased results. Ann Med. 2018 Jun;50(4):312-322.   Van Noreen R (starts at 15:33). Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? Nature. 2023 Jul;619(7970):454-458. Listen at https://youtu.be/_QLvzCr6nz4?feature=shared   Carlisle JB (starts at...

Studies Referenced in This Episode: Season 6 Episode 1 King B et al (starts at 4:07). When to expect scalp hair regrowth during treatment of severe alopecia areata with baricitinib: insights from trajectories analyses of patients enrolled in two phase III trials. Br J Dermatol. 2023 Sep 14:ljad253.   Gargiulo L et al (starts at 30:22). Effectiveness and safety of baricitinib in patients with sever...

On August 1, 2023, Dr Donovan announced the long awaited start of the Evidence Based Hair Fellowship training program. This is an online (virtual) training program for practitioners that wish to develop expertise in hair loss. The program runs Jan 2024 to August 2025 and participants meet once weekly for a three hour period (either on a Wednesday or a Thursday). In this short recording, Dr Donovan...

Alopecia Areata Awareness Month - Recording from Sept 6 2023 Live Public Webinar hosted by Dr Donovan. Question 1 (starts at 3:50): Is the rate of alopecia areata going up ?   Question 2 (starts at 7:45). What blood tests should be ordered for someone with alopecia areata?   Question 3 (starts at 11:58). Do JAK inhibitors cure alopecia areata?   Question 4 (starts at 15:45). What treatments are po...

Season 5 Ep 6

STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE Onamusi T et al (starts at 8:58). Clinical factors and hair care practices influencing outcomes in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. Arch Dermatol Res. 2023 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s00403-023-02630-5. Online ahead of print.   Erinolaoluwa F et al (starts at 11:59). Hair regrowth in 2 patients with recalcitrant central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia after u...

STUDIES REFERENCE IN THE EPISODE   SWITCHING FROM TOFACITINIB TO BARICITINIB   Kazmi A et al (starts at 12:33). Switching between tofacitinib and baricitinib in alopecia areata: A review of clinical response. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Apr 4;S0190-9622(23)00532-7.     RITLECITINIB IN ADOLESCENTS   Hordinsky M et al (starts at 21:31). Efficacy and safety of ritlecitinib in adolescents with alopecia a...

NON SCARRING ALOPECIA AFTER HYALURONIC ACID TEMPORAL LIFTING TECHNIQUES Landau M et al (starts at 9:05). Nonscarring alopecia after temporal lifting technique with dermal fillers. JAAD Case Rep. 2023 May 12;37:30-34 Coimbra D.D., and de Oliveira B.S (starts at 10:17). Supra-auricular lifting with fillers: new technique. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2016;8(4):328–335.   CUTIS VERTICES GYRATA DUE TO PSORIASIS...

DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS IN FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA Conic et al. Exploring the association between lichen planopilaris, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021 Nov;35(11):e826-e828.    Joshi et al. Comorbidities associated with lichen planopilaris: a case-control study using the All of Us database. Int J Dermatol. 2022 Oct 2.   Lim SH Prevalence and Incidence of Co...

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Season 4 Episode 4   COVID RELATED TE Michelini S et al. Telogen Effluvium in SARS-CoV-2 Infection: histological aspects. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol.  2023 Mar 8. M Alharbi et al. Telogen effluvium after COVID-19 vaccination among public in Saudi Arabia. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Oct;11(10):6056-6060. Tahmaz A et al. [The Evaluation of Long Coronavirus Disease Symptoms at Ninth Month from a H...

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STUDIES REFERENCED   ROLE OF SCALP BIOPSIES IN BLACK WOMEN WITH HAIR LOSS   Douglas A et al. Scalp Biopsy Influences Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment in Black Women with Alopecia: A Retrospective Study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Jan 31;S0190-9622(23)00157-3.    ORAL MINOXIDIL IN CHEMOTHERAPY RELATED HAIR LOSS   Kang J et al. Efficacy of low-dose oral minoxidil in the management of anticancer thera...

STUDIES REFERENCED   PATHOLOGY OF NON SCARRING AND SCARRING ALOPECIA   Amanda Araujo Dos Reis Botega et al. Scarring versus Non-Scarring Alopecia: An Interobserver Histopathological Reproducibility Study Skin Appendage Disord. 2023 Jan;9(1):34-41. doi: 10.1159/000526966. Epub 2022 Nov 25.     HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND RETINOPATHY RISK   Ronald B Melles RB et al. Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for I...

The season finale summarizes the top 20 studies of the 2022 calendar year. This episode addresses studies in hair shedding, scarring alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis and hair straighteners (studies 12 to 20). Studies 1 to 11 are found in Part 1 (season 3 episode 9)     STUDIES IN HAIR SHEDDING/TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM/ COVID19   STUDY 12: Muller-Ramos P et al. Post-COVID-19 hair loss: prevalence and assoc...

The season finale summarizes the top 20 studies of the 2022 calendar year. This episode addresses studies in androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata (studies 1 to 11). Studies 12 to 20 are found in Part 2 (season 3 episode 10)   STUDIES IN FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS AND MALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS STUDY 1: Qui Y et al. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Metabolic Syndrome an...

STUDIES REFERENCED ROLE OF CORTICOSTEROIDS IN THE JAK INHIBITOR ERA Licata G et al (starts at 7:21). Management of alopecia areata in JAK-inhibitors era: are systemic and topical corticosteroids still useful? Int J Dermatol. 2022 Nov 13.   ALOPECIA AREATA AND PERIODONTITIS Kim JS et al (starts at 17:15). Periodontitis and risk of alopecia areata: A nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea...