Occipital hairline changes in women with frontal fibrosing alopecia receiving low-dose oral minoxidil
Gabrielle Baker, Megan Thuy Han Nguyen, Rachel K Greene, Milan Hirpara, Celine H Phong, Natasha Mesinkovska · 2026
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Gabrielle Baker and co-authors check whether a hair-growth pill also restores the back hairline in a scarring hair loss disease, in a 2026 letter. Frontal fibrosing alopecia creeps across the front hairline and can involve the back of the scalp too, where data are thin. Low-dose oral minoxidil is known to thicken brows and scalp hair in this condition, but the occipital hairline was unstudied.
From a university registry the team found one hundred eighty-six patients with standardized back-of-head photographs at least five months apart. They split them into women who took the pill and women who did not, holding other treatments steady, and blinded graders scored the hairline change. Quantifying a neglected margin of a visible disease helps clinicians counsel patients on what this inexpensive drug can and cannot give back.
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| CREATOR | Gabrielle Baker, Megan Thuy Han Nguyen, Rachel K Greene, Milan Hirpara, Celine H Phong, Natasha Mesinkovska |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |