Ectopic Adipocytes in Scarring Alopecias: Comparison With Normal Scalp and Potential Therapeutic Implications
Annelise de Almeida Verdolin, Nadia El Kadi, Leonard Sperling, Luciana Pantaleão, Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias · 2026
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Annelise de Almeida Verdolin and four co-authors reported follow-up work in 2026 on fat cells found in scarred, balding scalp. Some hair loss diseases scar the scalp and destroy follicles for good. The team's earlier study found fat cells sitting where they do not belong in such tissue. Normal scalp is rarely biopsied, so that study had no healthy comparison group.
For this report they gathered 18 scalp samples from people with hair loss but no inflammation or scarring, and treated them as normal. They compared these with cases of three scarring diseases, sectioned in thin layers. The letter reviews normal scalp structure to frame where stray fat cells appear. It closes with what the finding may mean for treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Annelise de Almeida Verdolin, Nadia El Kadi, Leonard Sperling, Luciana Pantaleão, Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |