Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

What is frontal fibrosing alopecia? I haven’t heard of this before and I just read an advertorial that mentions that it is a cause of hair loss in women.

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Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) requires a microscopic diagnosis made in the hands of a good dermatopathologist. To quote the link you sent, FFA “can cause women to lose up to five inches from their hairline. If FFA goes undiagnosed, women can even lose hair at the sides and back of their head.” For more info and some photos, see DermNet NZ.

In general, there are two types of hair loss — scarring alopecia and non-scarring alopecia. Genetic (male pattern) hair loss is the non-scarring type. We usually do not perform surgery for those with the scarring alopecia, because as the name implies there is scarring and inflammation underneath that is causing the hair loss. So a hair transplant would not likely work because your own immune system can still attack the transplanted hair.