Medically reviewed by Katlein Franca, MD Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a type of hair loss that begins ...

The primary cicatricial alopecias are an uncommon, complex group of disorders that result in permanent destruction of the hair follicle, usually involving scalp hair alone. Prompt diagnosis and ...

Treatment of discoid lupus must be energetic and started quickly because the hair loss is potentially reversible (unlike hair loss in most other types of primary cicatricial alopecias).