Hair regrowth in 2 patients with recalcitrant central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia after use of topical metformin

Erinolaoluwa F Araoye; Jamael A L Thomas; Crystal U Aguh

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.12.008

Hair regrowth in 2 patients with recalcitrant central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia after use of topical metformin

JAAD Case Rep. 2020 Jan 22;6(2):106-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.12.008. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Erinolaoluwa F Araoye¹, Jamael A L Thomas², Crystal U Aguh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² School of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

No abstract available

Keywords: AMPK, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase; CCCA, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia; FPD, fibroproliferative disorder; ILK, intralesional triamcinolone acetonide; black hair; central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia; ethnic hair; topical therapeutics; treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports