DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_6_22 ISSN: 0974-7753

A puzzling Presentation of Alopecia Areata: Sudden-Onset Whitening of Hair and its Spontaneous Resolution

Gizem Pehlivan, Algün Polat Ekinci, Şule Öztürk Sarı
  • Dermatology

A 39-year-old male presented with the complaint of sudden onset and progressive whitening of the scalp hair. The patient documented the situation by regularly taking selfies starting from the moment he noticed that his hair was starting to turn white. A diagnosis of alopecia areata involving pigmented hair was made with clinical, dermoscopic, histopathological, and immunofluorescence findings. Total regrowth of the pigmented hair was observed at 6 months follow-up without any systemic treatment.

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