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Review

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: challenges and solutions

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Pages 175-181 | Published online: 17 Aug 2016

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Figure 1 A 35-year-old woman with a stage IIIa CCCA.

Abbreviation: CCCA, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.
Figure 1 A 35-year-old woman with a stage IIIa CCCA.

Figure 2 A 24-year-old woman with pathologically proven diagnosis of patchy CCCA.

Abbreviation: CCCA, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.
Figure 2 A 24-year-old woman with pathologically proven diagnosis of patchy CCCA.

Figure 3 Dermoscopic findings of CCCA include peripilar gray/white halo, which is a suitable site for a scalp biopsy, disrupted pigmented network, and loss of follicular openings.

Abbreviation: CCCA, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.
Figure 3 Dermoscopic findings of CCCA include peripilar gray/white halo, which is a suitable site for a scalp biopsy, disrupted pigmented network, and loss of follicular openings.

Figure 4 Compound follicular structure “goggle” is formed by the fused outer root sheaths of two follicles emerging from the same ostium and surrounded by fibrosis.

Note: Note the absent inner root sheaths that have been replaced by hyperkeratosis.
Figure 4 Compound follicular structure “goggle” is formed by the fused outer root sheaths of two follicles emerging from the same ostium and surrounded by fibrosis.