Week 3
Hair Disorders - Work up
Amy McMichael, MD
Identify the various types of hair loss and hair disorders, with an emphasis on those which disproportionately affect darker skin types and underserved patients and discuss the various causes and risk factors, and approach to the work up and diagnosis of these conditions and pearls to avoid the pitfalls of misdiagnosis
Hair Disorders - Management
Amy McMichael, MD
Discuss the various therapeutic options and best practices for management of hair loss and hair disorders in patients of darker skin types, with a lens of cultural sensitivity and discussion of common hair care practices in certain groups, and with emphasis on evidence based therapeutics vs myths that are marketed to the public