Facial care products use not linked to frontal fibrosing alopecia, Reports Study
Source- Pham, C. T., Hosking, A. M., Cox, S., & Mesinkovska, N. A. (2020). Therapeutic response of facial papules and inflammation in frontal fibrosing alopecia to low-dose oral isotretinoin. JAAD case reports, 6(5), 453–456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.01.030
Increasing incidence of frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) suggests that environmental factors may be related to the pathogenesis. Recent studies reported potential association between the use of facial care products and frontal fibrosing alopecia.
However, the high frequency use of moisturizer and sunscreen does not cause frontal fibrosing alopecia, suggest a recent study.
The study is published in the Journal of Dermatology.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a relatively newly described scarring alopecia known as a clinical variant of lichen planopilaris. Frontal fibrosing alopecia is characterized by slowly progressive scarring alopecia on the hairline and affects explicitly postmenopausal women.
Waroonphan Leecharoen and colleagues from the Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand conducted the study with the aim to investigate the possible association between the use of facial care products and frontal fibrosing alopecia in Asian females.
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