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A woman in Ho Chi Minh City has a rare disease that causes her hair to lose her first half

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Patients hospitalized with hair on the front part of the forehead completely loss. The hairline is pulled back in the middle of the top of the head, the skin is dark.
On the morning of April 26, according to Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermatology, TTM patients (51 years old, in Ho Chi Minh City) experienced this condition for 7 years. She used to treat many places but did not get better.

In 2014, she began to develop dark patches on her face, alternating with hypopigmentation spots, and hair loss. The hairline is slowly receding towards the top of the head. Patients with fibrosis hair loss on the forehead. Part hair loss to more than half of the head. Photo: Lan Anh. This woman used to apply drugs (unknown type), laser treatment. Darkening of the skin improves, but returns later. In 2017, Ms. M.’s hair lost more, many patches of hyperpigmentation alternating. Master, Doctor Tran Nguyen Anh Tu, Deputy Head of the Department of Aesthetics of the Skin, Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital, said through the examination, the doctor noted that the patient had a hair loss in the front half of his head. Eyebrows are also lost. Reduce pigmentation scattered in the face, neck, scalp …, without flaking or red inflammation. The patient has been identified with a combination of frontal fibrosis alopecia (FFA) and flat pigmentation Lichen (LPP). According to Dr. Anh Tu, patients with these 2 combined diseases are quite rare. The disease occurs in people aged 25-56 years and cases with dark skin. Most dark spots appear about 14 months before hair loss. Hair loss progresses on average 0.6-1.1 cm per year. The cause of this situation is currently unknown. Diseases related to sunlight, contact dermatitis … The treatment is still difficult, especially to restore the lost hair.