: Hair loss in elderly patients is a common complaint. It can be related to different conditions that affect patients' quality of life and represents a challenge for dermatologists. It affects both men and women during the aging process with an estimated percentage of balding after 65 years of age of 53% and 37%, respectively. Androgenetic alopecia, frontal fibrosing alopecia, senile alopecia, and erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp are the hair diseases most frequently described in this age group. The objective of this review is to summarize the current knowledge about alopecia affecting elderly patients, differentiating between chronological hair aging signs and pathological changes, to help clinicians, offer an adequate management of these disorders to their patients.
Hair Aging and Hair Disorders in Elderly Patients / Villani, Alessia; Ferrillo, Maria; Fabbrocini, Gabriella; Ocampo-Garza, Sonia Sofía; Scalvenzi, Massimiliano; Ruggiero, Angelo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRICHOLOGY. - ISSN 0974-7753. - 14:6(2022), pp. 191-196. [10.4103/ijt.ijt_90_21]
Hair Aging and Hair Disorders in Elderly Patients
Villani, Alessia;Fabbrocini, Gabriella;Scalvenzi, Massimiliano;Ruggiero, Angelo
2022
Abstract
: Hair loss in elderly patients is a common complaint. It can be related to different conditions that affect patients' quality of life and represents a challenge for dermatologists. It affects both men and women during the aging process with an estimated percentage of balding after 65 years of age of 53% and 37%, respectively. Androgenetic alopecia, frontal fibrosing alopecia, senile alopecia, and erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp are the hair diseases most frequently described in this age group. The objective of this review is to summarize the current knowledge about alopecia affecting elderly patients, differentiating between chronological hair aging signs and pathological changes, to help clinicians, offer an adequate management of these disorders to their patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
