Types of Hair Loss and Treatments

Acne keloidalis nuchae

Topical or intralesional glucocorticoids

Oral doxycycline or minocycline

Topical retinoids and/or topical benzoyl peroxide

Topical antibiotics and/or topical benzoyl peroxide

Isotretinoin

Laser resurfacing

Surgical excision

Alopecia areata

Glucocorticoids (topical, intralesional, or systemic)

Minoxidil

Topical anthralin

Topical immunotherapy (diphenylcyclopropenone or squaric acid dibutylester)

Janus kinase inhibitors (baricitinib, ritlecitinib, deuruxolitinib)

Methotrexate

Anagen effluvium (chemotherapy hair loss)

Oral and topical minoxidil

Androgenetic alopecia

Dutasteride

Finasteride

Hormonal modulators

Low-level laser light therapy

Minoxidil (oral or topical).

Surgery

Autologous platelet-rich plasma

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia

High-potency topical or intralesional glucocorticoids

Tetracycline antibiotics

Low-dose oral or topical metformin (in patients with history of insulin resistance)

Chronic cutaneous lupus lesions

Topical or intralesional glucocorticoids

Topical calcineurin inhibitors (eg, tacrolimus, pimecrolimus)

Oral antimalarials

Topical Janus kinase inhibitors

Chronic cutaneous lupus lesions (refractory)

Retinoids

Dapsone

Thalidomide

Lenalidomide

Anifrolumab

Rituximab

Oral glucocorticoids

Mycophenolate mofetil

Methotrexate

Belimumab

Oral Janus kinase inhibitors

Frontal fibrosing alopecia

Topical or intralesional glucocorticoids

Oral antimalarials

Topical or oral Janus kinase inhibitors

Topical calcineurin inhibitors (eg, tacrolimus, pimecrolimus)

Finasteride

Dutasteride

Tetracyclines

Lichen planopilaris

Topical or intralesional glucocorticoids

Oral antimalarials

Topical or oral Janus kinase inhibitors

Topical calcineurin inhibitors (eg, tacrolimus, pimecrolimus)

Tetracyclines

Scarring alopecia (eg, folliculitis decalvans, dissecting cellulitis)

Oral tetracycline

Potent topical or intralesional glucocorticoid

Scarring alopecia (eg, folliculitis decalvans, dissecting cellulitis) (severe)

Isotretinoin

Immunosuppressive medications

Telogen effluvium

Oral and topical minoxidil

Tinea capitis

Oral antifungals

Traction alopecia

Elimination of physical traction or stress to the scalp

Trichotillomania

Behavior modification

Clomipramine

SSRIs (eg, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, citalopram)