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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Dermatology

Date Submitted: Sep 3, 2025
Open Peer Review Period: Sep 3, 2025 - Oct 29, 2025
Date Accepted: Oct 31, 2025
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Trichoscopic Differentiation in Alopecia: Retrospective Case Series Comparing Lichen Planopilaris, Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, and Alopecia Areata

Kaya G

Trichoscopic Differentiation in Alopecia: Retrospective Case Series Comparing Lichen Planopilaris, Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, and Alopecia Areata

JMIR Dermatol 2025;8:e83463

DOI: 10.2196/83463

PMID: 41264867

PMCID: 12634004

Trichoscopic Differentiation in Alopecia: A Retrospective Case Series Comparing Lichen Planopilaris, Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, and Alopecia Areata

  • Gökhan Kaya

ABSTRACT

This single-center retrospective case series included 28 patients with alopecia (LPP, n =7; DLE, n =7; AA, =14). Trichoscopic markers were systematically compared across groups. Exclamation-mark hairs and yellow dots were characteristic of AA, whereas follicular ostia loss and white scarring were confined to LPP/DLE, providing a simple and practical distinction between nonscarring and scarring alopecias in routine practice.


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Please cite as:

Kaya G

Trichoscopic Differentiation in Alopecia: Retrospective Case Series Comparing Lichen Planopilaris, Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, and Alopecia Areata

JMIR Dermatol 2025;8:e83463

DOI: 10.2196/83463

PMID: 41264867

PMCID: 12634004

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