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. 2019 Oct 31;9(4):253–264. doi: 10.5826/dpc.0904a02

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Dermoscopy in evaluating treatment response with disease activity. (A) Alopecia areata patch over the beard before treatment displaying a patch of alopecia with multiple black dots (yellow arrows) and a few yellow dots, short vellus hairs (red arrows), tapering hair (blue arrow), and dystrophic hairs (white arrows). (B) An adjacent patch after 2 sessions of intralesional triamcinolone displaying hair growth, dramatic reduction of black dots, persistent yellow dots, and multiple short up-growing hairs (white arrows) suggestive of good treatment response. (Escope video dermatoscope, Timpac Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India; polarized, ×20.) [Copyright: ©2019 Sonthalia et al.]