Q: I am suffering from Pseudopelade for four years now. I have lost a lot of hair & there are big bald patches on the top of my scalp that are difficult to hide. Is there any hair transplant surgery or follicle transplant surgery possible in my case, or anything else I can do?
A: In general, hair transplantation does not work for Pseudopalade (a localized area of scarring hair loss on the top of the scalp) since the condition is recipient dominant rather than donor dominant.
With a donor dominant condition, such as androgenetic hair loss, the tendency to have the condition, or be resistant to it, is located in the hair follicle and moves with the hair follicle when the follicle is transplanted to a new area. Therefore, in androgenetic alopecia, healthy permanent hair taken from the donor area in the back of the scalp will continue to grow in the a new location in the balding part of the scalp.
In a recipient dominant condition, such as Pseudopalade, the problem is in the skin, so if you perform a hair transplant into an affected area of skin, the transplanted hair will become affected by the same process and be lost.
The disease process can often be slowed down with anti-inflammatory agents, such as corticosteriods, applied or injected locally and the bald area can be camouflaged with cosmetics specially made for use on the scalp. See the Cosmetic Camouflage Products page on the Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration website.
Topic: Medical ConditionsTags: Androgenetic Alopecia / Anti-inflammatory Drugs / Bald Patch / Camouflage / Corticosteriods / Cosmetics for Hair Loss / Donor Area / Donor Dominant / Hair Follicle / Permanent Hair Zone / Pseudopelade / Recipient Dominant / Scalp Scar
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 7:30 am
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