{"id":2887,"date":"2026-06-21T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2026-06-21T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:11:18","slug":"trichoscopy-of-ffa-vs-aga-donovan-hair-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=2887","title":{"rendered":"Trichoscopy of FFA vs AGA \u2014 Donovan Hair Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A very useful trichoscopy clue for distinguishing frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) from androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the presence of vellus hairs – or what some call \u201cbaby hairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In AGA, miniaturized (vellus-like) hairs are typically preserved and can often be seen along the frontal hairline. In FFA, these tiny hairs are progressively lost as inflammation targets and destroys the follicles.<\/p>\n

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Presence of vellus hairs favors AGA
Absence of vellus hairs favors FFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This article was written by Dr. Jeff Donovan, a Canadian and US board certified dermatologist specializing exclusively in hair loss. <\/p>\n


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June 21, 2026 A very useful trichoscopy clue for distinguishing frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) from androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the presence of vellus hairs – or what some call \u201cbaby hairs.\u201d In AGA, miniaturized (vellus-like) hairs are typically preserved and can often be seen along the frontal hairline. In FFA, these tiny hairs are progressively lost as inflammation targets and destroys the follicles. SO REMEMBER: Presence of vellus hairs favors AGAAbsence of vellus hairs favors FFA This article was written by Dr. Jeff Donovan, a Canadian and US board certified dermatologist specializing exclusively in hair loss. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hair-fall-dandruff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}