Our Delhi clinic recently had a visitor in the form of Akash, who wanted to learn and understand more about a condition known as folliculitis decalvans. Here are excerpts from that conversation: Akash: Doctor, I would like to know more about the condition called folliculitis decalvans. I believe it is a type of alopecia only? Doctor: You are absolutely right Akash. Folliculitis decalvans is a type of alopecia, which has some amount of scarring involved. We doctors are able to identify it, by observing the red spots, swelling as well as the pustules that tend to form around the hair […]

Alopecia areata is a hair loss condition also known as auto-immune disease that causes the quick start of round patches of baldness or spot baldness. It causes sudden flat or circular patches of hair loss which varies in sizes from an inch to the whole scalp or sometimes even the whole body. During the early stages, a single patch is observed and consequently more patches develop in other areas which are usually round or oval. The patch looks so smooth that as though hair follicles had been entirely damaged. Hairs may be seen at the margin of this patch. These […]