Hair and Scalp Treatments - A Practical Guide

Conditions of the hair and scalp often cause significant psychological distress and sometimes physical discomfort for patients. Similarly, finding the right treatment can prove challenging for the physician. Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, focuses on therapy with each chapter briefly describing the disease to the reader and then teaching the step-by-step therapeutic algorithm. Procedures commonly used in the treatment of alopecias are also reviewed and detailed in specific chapters.
This book also discusses everyday questions that patients commonly ask doctors and provides practical tips such as how to recommend the best shampoo, conditioner or hair dye for your patient, or how to prescribe the right nutritional supplements. There are additional sections on future treatments on the horizon and how regenerative medicine can be used.
Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, is the only book of its kind focused on treatment and addresses topics that are not covered by current titles on hair disorders. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this practical guide can be used not only by dermatologists but by general practice and family physicians as well.

List of contents

Chapter 1. How to Best Confirm Diagnosis Before Starting Treatment.- Chapter 2. Intralesional Steroids: When and How to Inject?.- Chapter 3. Topical Immunotherapy: Step by Step.- Chapter 4. Regenerative Treatments (Microneedling, PRP).- Chapter 5. Laser and Light-based Therapies in the Treatment of Hair Loss.- Chapter 6. What You Need to Know About Hair Transplantation.- Chapter 7. Role of Oral Supplements: When and How to Choose.- Chapter 8. Androgenetic Alopecia: Clinical Treatment.- Chapter 9. Alopecia Areata: Clinical Treatment.- Chapter 10.Telogen Effluvium.- Chapter 11. Scarring Alopecias.- Chapter 12. Seborrheic Dermatitis.- Chapter 13. Scalp Psoriasis.- Chapter 14. Infections and Infestations.- Chapter 15. Scalp Itch Treatment.- Chapter 16. Treatment in Children.- Chapter 17. How to Select a Good Shampoo and Conditioner.- Chapter 18. Camouflage, Extensions, and Electrical Devices to Improve Hair Volume.- Chapter 19. Hair Straightening and Hair Dyes: Facts and Controversies.- Chapter 20. How to Evaluate Treatment Response in Hair Diseases.- Chapter 21. The Most Common Patient Hair Questions and Answers.- Chapter 22. New Drugs for Alopecias.

About the author

Antonella Tosti, MD
Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor of Dermatology
University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
Miami, FL, USA
 
Daniel Asz-Sigall, MD
National University of Mexico
Department of Onco-dermatology and Trichology Clinic
Mexico City, Mexico
 
Rodrigo Pirmez, MD
Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay
Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro
Department of Dermatology
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Summary

Conditions of the hair and scalp often cause significant psychological distress and sometimes physical discomfort for patients. Similarly, finding the right treatment can prove challenging for the physician. Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, focuses on therapy with each chapter briefly describing the disease to the reader and then teaching the step-by-step therapeutic algorithm. Procedures commonly used in the treatment of alopecias are also reviewed and detailed in specific chapters.
This book also discusses everyday questions that patients commonly ask doctors and provides practical tips such as how to recommend the best shampoo, conditioner or hair dye for your patient, or how to prescribe the right nutritional supplements. There are additional sections on future treatments on the horizon and how regenerative medicine can be used.
Hair and Scalp Treatments -- A Practical Guide, is the only book of its kind focused on treatment and addresses topics that are not covered by current titles on hair disorders. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this practical guide can be used not only by dermatologists but by general practice and family physicians as well.

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“The audience is dermatologists and dermatology residents. … There is no comparable reference. You will do yourself a huge favor by owning this book. I am very grateful to the authors for sharing their knowledge. I am confident many patients will benefit. I am already looking forward to the next edition.” (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, January 31, 2020)

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"The audience is dermatologists and dermatology residents. ... There is no comparable reference. You will do yourself a huge favor by owning this book. I am very grateful to the authors for sharing their knowledge. I am confident many patients will benefit. I am already looking forward to the next edition." (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, January 31, 2020)

Product details

• Assisted by: Danie Asz-Sigall (Editor), Daniel Asz-Sigall (Editor), Rodrigo Pirmez (Editor), Antonella Tosti (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030215545
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3021554-5
• No. of pages: 359
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 14 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 359 p. 138 illus., 132 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; B, Medicine, Dermatology, procedures, dermoscopy