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What are the possible causes of scarring alopecia ? Scarring alopecia or cicatricial alopecia can be due to a number of causes; to enlist a few :- 1. Heriditary or developmental. 2. Infection of the hair follicle (bacterial, fungal etc.). 3. Trauma like that of burns, radiation, chemical injury or mechanical injury. 4. Neoplastic (cancer) conditions such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, lymphomas or secondary metastases. 5. Due to inflamation of the underlying dermis in diseases like syphilis, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, sarcoidosis, pyoderma gangrenosum, cicatrical pemphigoid and morphea. What are the possible causes of non-scarring...
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