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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Refractory Alopecia Areata of the Beard: Novel Improvement Through Exosome Therapy With Signs of Hair Repigmentation.

Asem Shadid, Khalid Nabil Nagshabandi, Danah K AlRuhaimi, Abdullah Al-Omair, Abdulaziz Alsadhan

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Asem ShadidDepartment of Dermatology King Fahad Medical City Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Nabil NagshabandiDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6577-6463
Danah K AlRuhaimiDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Al-OmairDepartment of Dermatology Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz AlsadhanDepartment of Dermatology Security Forces Hospital Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosome injections derived from human umbilical cord, with or without polydeoxyribonucleotide, induced robust regrowth, repigmentation of previously white beard hairs, and scar improvement in a 35-year-old man with refractory alopecia areata of the beard, suggesting a promising minimally invasive regenerative option.

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alopecia areataexosomeshair lossregenerative medicinestem cells

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PMID41356640
PMCPMC12679482

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