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Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a scarring type of hair loss. “Scarring” means the hair follicle (the tiny pocket that grows hair) gets damaged and...
Chilblain lupus is a rare type of lupus that mainly affects the skin of the fingers, toes, ears and nose. It causes red-purple, swollen, painful patches...
Clouston’s hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is a rare inherited skin and hair condition. It mainly affects the hair, nails and the thick skin on the palms of...
Cutis verticis gyrata is a rare skin condition of the scalp where the skin becomes thick and forms deep folds and grooves that look like the...
Hutchinson lupus pernio type is an old name that doctors used for a special kind of skin lupus now called chilblain lupus erythematosus (CHLE). It is...
Hypertrichosis is a condition where a person has too much hair growth compared with what is normal for their age, sex and ethnic group, and the...
Skin ulcus molle is the old Latin name for chancroid, also called soft chancre. It is a bacterial? sexually transmitted infection? (STI) that causes painful, soft...
