IADVL Textbook of Trichology

Trichology is the science of the structure, function and diseases of the human hair.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the hair and scalp.

Divided into six sections, the text begins with an overview of hair and the normal scalp, factors controlling hair growth and changes that occur during the aging process. The next section discusses diagnostic trichology methods including microscopy and trichoscopy.

The following chapters detail the diagnosis and treatment of numerous hair disorders covering both clinical and surgical procedures, for common and more complex conditions. A chapter on recent advances in surgical management is included.

The final section discusses interdisciplinary issues in the management of hair disorders such as paediatric, psychiatric, gynaecologic and endocrinologic liaison therapy.

Each chapter begins with a ?key messages? box and concludes with a summary of the topic. The book is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of diseases and disorders of the hair and scalp
• Covers both clinical and surgical treatment methods
• Features discussion on liaison therapy between different medical disciplines
• Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams, tables and boxes

Section 1: Trichology: An Overview

• Setting up a Trichology Unit
• Hair Loss Patient: Challenges and Counseling
• Approach to a Patient with Hair Loss

Section 2: Basic Trichology

• Origin and Development of Hair with Basic Anatomy
• Hair Cycle
• Function of Hair
• Basic Histopathology of Normal Scalp
• Dermatoscopy of Normal Scalp
• Factors Controlling Hair Growth
• Recent Advances in Pathogenesis
• Aging Hair

Section 3: Diagnostic Trichology

• Clinical Bedside Investigations
• Microscopy
• Trichoscopy
• Recent Advances in Diagnostics

Section 4: Clinical and Therapeutic Trichology

• Patterned Hair Loss
• Conventional Medical Management of Patterned Hair Loss
• Recent Advances in Medical Management
• Alopecia Areata
• Disorders of Hair Cycle
• Chronic Telogen Effluvium
• Scarring Alopecia
• Scalp Infections
• Genotrichoses including Hair Shaft Disorders
• Approach and Management of Genotrichoses
• Trichotillomania
• Noninfectious Scaly Scalp Disorders
• Miscellaneous Scalp Diseases
• Hypertrichosis
• Hirsutism
• Management of Hirsutism
• Micronutrients
• Canities and Pigment Anomalies of Hair
• Hair in Systemic Diseases
• Scalp Tumors and Malignancies
• Evidence-based Therapeutics for Management of Hair Loss
• Role of Diet in Hair Loss
• Light-assisted Devices for Hair Growth
• Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
• Hair Cosmetics
• Hair Camouflage

Section 5: Surgical Trichology

• Overview of Trichosurgery
• Surgical Management in Nonscarring Alopecia
• Surgical Management in Scarring Alopecia
• Melanocyte Transfer by Hair Follicular Unit
• Artificial Hair Implantation
• Micropigmentation
• Scalp Reduction Surgeries
• Recent Advances in Surgical Management

Section 6: Liaison Therapy for Management of Hair Disorders

• Working with a Pediatrician
• Seeking Help of Psychiatrists
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Hair Loss–Interface with Endocrinologist and Gynecologist

BS Chandrashekar MBBS MD DNB
Director and Chief Dermatologist, CUTIS Academy of Cutaneous Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India