Atlas of Trichoscopy Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease
Trichoscopy – the use of dermoscopy to diagnose diseases of hair and scalp – was initially named in 2006 and thus it is still very much in its childhood. With so much still to learn in the great field of hair and scalp disorders, recent years have brought
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Lidia Rudnicka • Malgorzata Olszewska Adriana Rakowska Editors
Atlas of Trichoscopy Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease
Editors Lidia Rudnicka Faculty of Health Sciences Medical University of Warsaw Poland Department of Dermatology CSK MSW Warsaw Poland
Malgorzata Olszewska Department of Dermatology Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland Adriana Rakowska Department of Dermatology CSK MSW Warsaw Poland
ISBN 978-1-4471-4485-4 ISBN 978-1-4471-4486-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4486-1 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht
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Preface
This is a book for beginners as well as for those who perform trichoscopy in their everyday practice. It is written by trichoscopy enthusiasts, and I am sure dermatologists who learn this method will begin to love it, just as we do. I use trichoscopy in my daily clinical practice, just as radiologists use ultrasonography or cardiologists make use of electrocardiograms. A world without trichoscopy is difficult for me to imagine. I could not agree more with the statement of Antonella Tosti that diagnosing hair and scalp disorders without trichoscopy is a professional practice gap. It is difficult
