Main 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.

Contents:

Chapter 1. How to Best Confirm Diagnosis Before Starting Treatment

Rodrigo Pirmez and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 2. Intralesional Steroids: When and How to Inject?

Rodrigo Pirmez

Chapter 3. Topical Immunotherapy: Step by Step

Colombina Vincenzi, Benedetta Marisaldi, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 4. Regenerative Treatments (Microneedling, PRP)

Colombina Vincenzi, Benedetta Marisaldi, and Antonella Tosti

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

Rachel Fayne, Nelson Sanchez, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 6. What You Need to Know About Hair Transplantation

Robin Unger

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

Hind M. Almohanna, Azhar Abbas Ahmed, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 8. Androgenetic Alopecia: Clinical Treatment

Yanna Kelly and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 9. Alopecia Areata: Clinical Treatment

Norma Elizabeth Vazquez Herrera and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 10.Telogen Effluvium

Brandon Burroway, Jacob Griggs, Maria Abril Martinez-Velasco, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 11. Scarring Alopecias

Sergio Vano-Galvan, David Saceda-Corralo, and Rodrigo Pirmez

Chapter 12. Seborrheic Dermatitis

Daniel Asz-Sigall and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 13. Scalp Psoriasis

Daniel Asz-Sigall and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 14. Infections and Infestations

Daniel Asz-Sigall, Maria Abril Martinez-Velasco, and Roberto Arenas

Chapter 15. Scalp Itch Treatment

Norma Elizabeth Vazquez Herrera and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 16. Treatment in Children

Corina Isabel Salas-Callo and Rodrigo Pirmez

Chapter 17. How to Select a Good Shampoo and Conditioner

Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias, Rodrigo Pirmez, and Hudson Dutra

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

Jacob Griggs and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 19. Hair Straightening and Hair Dyes: Facts and Controversies

Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias, Rodrigo Pirmez, Hudson Dutra, and

Antonella Tosti

Chapter 20. How to Evaluate Treatment Response in Hair Diseases

Maria Abril Martinez-Velasco, Norma Elizabeth Vazquez Herrera, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 21. The Most Common Patient Hair Questions and Answers

Brandon Burroway, Jacob Griggs, and Antonella Tosti

Chapter 22. New Drugs for Alopecias

Jacob Griggs, Rodrigo Pirmez, and Antonella Tosti