Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneous and may present features common to non-cicatricial and scarring alopecia. This article presents the trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis that help in the diagnosis and consequent institution of the appropriate therapy and better prognosis of the disease. Dermatoscopy has been widely used in dermatology for the evaluation of pigmented skin lesions. More recently, dermatoscopy has been used in the evaluation of hair and scalp disorders, allowing visualization of morphologic structures not readily visible to the naked eye, including changes to hair shaft thickness and shape, as well as perifollicular and interfollicular features. When used for such purposes, hair and scalp dermatoscopy is also known as trichoscopy. In this chapter, we discuss the technique itself, the various uses of trichoscopy, and the main trichoscopic structures.

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