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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 183-185 |
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Facial lichen planopilaris: A separate entity or not? A case series
Beatrice Van de Maele1, Katrien Vossaert2, Sven Lanssens2, Marc Haspeslagh3, Sofie De Schepper1
1 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
2 Private practice Dermatology Maldegem, Maldegem, Belgium
3 Dermpat, Ghent, Belgium
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Beatrice Van de Maele
Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Gent
Belgium
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DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_5_18
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Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is an inflammatory hair disorder that is characterized by scarring hair loss, mostly affecting the vertex and parietal areas of the scalp. Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is considered a particular form of LPP, primarily affecting the hair follicles in the frontotemporal area of the scalp, with the hairline recession and eyebrow loss. There are case reports of FFA with concomitant involvement of facial vellus, characterized by roughening of the facial skin. We report five cases of facial vellus hair involvement in LPP, in the absence of other sites of disease activity. To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first report of LPP affecting the facial vellus hairs in the absence of FFA.
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