Barcelona -- Hair grows at an average rate of one-half inch a month. Unfortunately, technological developments in the field of hair growth and hair loss have not increased much faster. The major reason for delays in this field, according to Dominique J.J. Van Neste, M.D., Ph.D., managing director of Skinterface in Tournai, Belgium, could be an apathetic attitude about technology for detecting hair problems.
SPD 2026 highlighted advances in pediatric dermatology spanning textured hair care, vitiligo, vascular anomalies, mental health, genetics, and collaborative care.
Benjamin Ungar, MD, moderated a recent Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable event on how to define severity, choose among JAK inhibitors, and monitor patients with alopecia areata.
Clinicians at a Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable, moderated by Chesahna Kindred, MD, debated when to escalate to oral JAK inhibitors for alopecia areata and how to counsel patients on timing, monitoring, and safety.
Two-year oral IL-23 data, GLP-1 biomarker findings, and a nonsurgical option for superficial basal cell carcinoma headline the sessions covered in Las Vegas.