Refractory Folliculitis Decalvans Treatment Success with a Novel Surgical Excision Approach Using Guarded

Sanusi Umar1,2,3, Ade Waterman3, Donna Ton3

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Summary

Folliculitis decalvans (FD) treatment using surgical excision and second-intention healing effectively resolved lesions in five patients. This novel surgical approach demonstrated no recurrence at long-term follow-up.