Exp Ther Med 2021 Nov 20;22(5):1331. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Clinic, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania.
Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei (KPAF) is a hereditary follicular disorder, an atrophicans subtype of keratosis pilaris (KP) with a highly elusive diagnosis. Clinically, it presents with follicular, horny papules surrounded by an erythematous halo of the cheeks, forehead, chin and eyebrows, and it is followed by a gradual hair loss on the lateral margins of the eyebrows. The onset is as early as a few months after birth, but it is mainly diagnosed in children and adolescents and it can persist through adulthood. Read More