Hair and Scalp Treatments

Description:

Conditions of the hair and scalp often cause significant psychological distress and sometimes physical discomfort for patients. Similarly, finding the right treatment can prove challenging for the physician. Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, focuses on therapy with each chapter briefly describing the disease to the reader and then teaching the step-by-step therapeutic algorithm. Procedures commonly used in the treatment of alopecias are also reviewed and detailed in specific chapters. This book also discusses everyday questions that patients commonly ask doctors and provides practical tips such as how to recommend the best shampoo, conditioner or hair dye for your patient, or how to prescribe the right nutritional supplements. There are additional sections on future treatments on the horizon and how regenerative medicine can be used. Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, is the only book of its kind focused on treatment and addresses topics that are not covered by current titles on hair disorders. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this practical guide can be used not only by dermatologists but by general practice and family physicians as well.

Table of contents:

1. How to Best Confirm Diagnosis Before Starting Treatment

2. Intralesional Steroids: When and How to Inject?

3. Topical Immunotherapy: Step by Step

4. Regenerative Treatments: Microneedling and PRP

5. Laser and Light-Based Therapies in the Treatment of Hair Loss

6. What You Need to Know About Hair Transplantation

7. Role of Oral Supplements: When and How to Choose

8. Androgenetic Alopecia: Clinical Treatment

9. Alopecia Areata: Clinical Treatment

10. Telogen Effluvium

11. Scarring Alopecias

12. Seborrheic Dermatitis

13. Scalp Psoriasis

14. Infections and Infestations

15. Scalp Itch Treatment

16. Treatment in Children

17. How to Select a Good Shampoo and Conditioner

18. Camouflage, Extensions, and Electrical Devices to Improve Hair Volume

19. Hair Straightening and Hair Dyes: Facts and Controversies

20. How to Evaluate Treatment Response in Hair Diseases

21. Most Common Patient Hair Questions and Answers

22. New Drugs for Alopecias