...Aasheen Qadri; Elizabeth Will; Crystal Aguh Introduction: Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a progressive scarring alopecia. No disease activity scale exists, making assessment of therapeutic intervention difficult. This study introduces the CCCA Clinical Assessment Tool (C-CAT...

...Michael M. Ong; Amit Singal; Shari R. Lipner Introduction: Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a primary scarring alopecia predominantly affecting black women. Autoimmune mechanisms, including antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity, have been hypothesized to contribute to its...

...Hunter J. Pyle; Taylor Dyson; Aditi Gadre; Tamia A. Harris-Tryon; Crystal Aguh Introduction: Aberrant fibrosis in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is thought to be driven by persistent low-grade inflammation, but the source of inflammation is unclear. Alterations in the scalp...

...Luiz Paulo Rocha Zogob; Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida; Violeta Tortelly Introduction: Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common cause of scarring alopecia in middle-aged black women. Trichoscopy is a noninvasive tool for diagnosis and follow-up of hair and scalp disorders...

...Nwanneka Okwundu; Chiagoziem Ogbonna; Amy J. McMichael Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a common form of scarring alopecia that affects the crown or vertex of the scalp as centrifugally spreading patches of permanent hair loss. The etiology of CCCA is uncertain. Genetic...

.... Trichoscopy Dermoscopy Nonscarring alopecia Scarring alopecia Androgenetic alopecia Alopecia areata Tinea capitis Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia Lichen planopilaris Frontal fibrosing alopecia Trichoscopy is the dermoscopic examination of the hair and scalp [ 1, 2 ]. It is a fast...

...Lindsay C. Strowd; Jacob Subash; Sean McGregor; Amy McMichael Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) has become a well-known entity occurring mainly in African-American women, but is rarely encountered in other populations. This report describes a set of identical twin Lumbee Indian women...