Molecular Mechanisms and Advanced Diagnostic Technologies in Hair Disorders
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 134
Special Issue Editor
Interests: alopecia; finasteride; minoxidil; hair
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory hair disorders represent a frequent and often underrecognized cause of hair loss in daily clinical practice. Accurate and timely diagnosis is essential, as many of these conditions may progress to irreversible follicular damage and permanent alopecia if not identified early. Clinical presentation is frequently heterogeneous and overlapping, posing significant diagnostic challenges.
Recent advances in clinical evaluation, trichoscopy, and scalp histopathology have substantially improved the recognition and classification of inflammatory hair disorders, allowing refined clinicopathological correlations and earlier disease detection. These diagnostic tools have direct implications for patient management and therapeutic decision-making. In parallel, translational and molecular studies have contributed to a better understanding of the inflammatory and fibrotic pathways involved, supporting clinically relevant biomarkers and targeted approaches.
This Special Issue aims to highlight clinically driven advances in inflammatory hair disorders, integrating clinical patterns, trichoscopic signs, and histopathological features with translational insights, in alignment with the scope of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Thank you once again for the invitation. I look forward to your feedback and to moving forward with this collaboration.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni-Dias
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inflammatory hair disorders
- scarring and non-scarring alopecias
- trichoscopy and scalp pathology
- immunologic mechanisms in hair loss
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