Treatment Results for Patients With Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA): a Multicenter Prospective Study

Inclusion Criteria:

* African-American women, ages 18-60 years old
* with a clinical diagnosis and biopsy-proven CCCA, with Central Scalp Alopecia Scale severity 1 through 4 will be included in this study
* These subjects will be seen and treated in Wake Forest Baptist Health Dermatology Outpatient Clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with other forms of hair loss in addition to CCCA will be excluded
* Other patients to be excluded are those with other forms of inflammatory scalp disease (with the exception of mild seborrheic dermatitis)
* patients who have had topical treatment for CCCA within the past 4 months (including topical steroids, topical minoxidil, or any other topical hair regrowth medication)
* patients who have been on a long-term oral antibiotics for hair loss within the past year
* patients who have undergone more than two rounds of intralesional steroid injections to the scalp in the past one year.