The combination of the biologic adalimumab and hydroxychloroquine may be responsible for the improvement in lichen planopilaris, including the hair regrowth, according to the study. When adalimumab ...

Lichen planus (LP) can occur on the skin alone; however, it is also seen inside the oral cavity, on the scalp, nails and the genital mucosa. Symptoms of lichen planus may wax and wane. They may ...

Lichen planus is more of a chronic discomfort than a serious health concern. However, people with the oral form have a slightly higher risk of developing oral cancer. Lichen planus is a group of ...

Lichen planopilaris, also called lichen ruber follicularis, evokes perifollicular erythema and sometimes hyperkeratotic follicular papules. A violaceous discoloration of the scalp may be observed. It ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss. Your immune system is meant to keep ...

LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) is a disease that can lead to patchy areas of permanent baldness. Besides baldness, severe irritation, and itching, LPP contributes ...

Lichen planus (LP) is a non-infectious skin condition which causes itching and the appearance of papules and plaques over various parts of the body or the mucous membranes. It can be cutaneous or oral ...

Oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology or pathogenesis with varied disease severity that waxes and wanes over a long period of time. Although a common oral mucosal ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss. Your immune system is meant to keep ...

The most important differential diagnosis to the mentioned granulocyte-associated alopecias is the deep trichomycosis. Trichomycosis may also present with follicular pustules, nodules, and hair loss.