Hair Loss

Carolyn Goh, MDClinical Professor of Medicine-DermatologyDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dr. Goh is a board-certified dermatologist with a specialty in hair loss and scalp disorders. She did undergraduate studies at Stanford University with a major in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and completed medical school at Weill Medical College of Cornell University with honors in both research and community service. She completed her residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell in New York City.Her research and clinical interests are in all types of hair loss including alopecia areata and scarring alopecia. She has been active with patient advocacy groups and local support groups for patients with hair loss. SERIES EDITORS:Dr. John Berth-Jones is a Consultant Dermatologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Specialist Registrar in Dermatology Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Norwich, UK. Dr. Chee Leok Goh is a top Consultant Dermatologist, Professor and Adjunct Professor at the National Skin Centre Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Duke- NUS Graduate Medical Centre, Singapore. Dr Goh’s expertise includes Dermatology, Contact and Occupational Dermatology, Aesthetic Dermatology, Cutaneous Lasers, Pigmentation Disorders, Dermatitis, Aqua Vulgaris, Urticaria, Photo-aging skin changes, Drug eruptions, Skin infections, Hair fall, Psoriasis, Immunobulous disorders, Hemangioma and portwine stains, Contact and Occupational Dermatitis etc. Dr. Howard Maibach is an expert in contactand occupational dermatitis and sees patient at the Environmental Dermatosis Clinic, which is part of the Dermatology Clinic. His specialty is dermatotoxicology, or skin exposure toxicity; allergies and skin disorders; and dermatopharmacology or the study of medications for skin disorders. Dr. Maibach has been on the editorial board of more than 30 scientific journals and is a member of 19 professional societies including the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco Dermatological Society and the Internal Commission on Occupation Health. He is a professor in the Department of Dermatology at UCSF.

• Normal Hair Structure and Physiology.- Clinical Evaluation Including Trichoscopy and Photography.- Laboratory Workup and Histopathology.- Seborrheic Dermatitis, Scalp Psoriasis, and Allergic Contact Dermatitis.- Scalp Dysesthesia and Hair Loss.- Acute and Chronic Telogen Effluvium.- Androgenetic Alopecia.- Alopecia Areata.- Lichen Planopilaris, Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, and Variants.- Discoid Lupus and Other Lupus-Related Hair Loss.- Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.- Neutrophilic and Mixed Inflammatory Primary Cicatricial Alopecias.- Alopecia in Children.- Hair Disorders in Cancer Patients and Cancer Survivors.- Ethnic Hair Loss Disorders.- Alopecia in Transgender Patients.- Improving Scalp Health and Hair Health.- Minoxidil.- Hormonal Therapies for Alopecia.- Corticosteroids in the Management of Alopecia.- Immunomodulators in Hair Loss.- Retinoids in Hair Loss.- Minimally Invasive Hair Restoration Interventions.- Surgical Hair Restoration.- Nutrition, Oral Supplements, and Alternative Therapies for Hair Loss.- Camouflage Options for Hair Loss of the Scalp and Eyebrows.- Psychosocial Effects and the Role of Patient Advocacy Groups in Patients With Hair Loss.