Medication-induced hair loss: An update

This article discusses drug-induced hair loss, which can occur with many drugs including cytotoxic agents, biologics, and immunomodulating agents, among others. It outlines the diagnosis and management of drug-induced alopecia, with a focus on recently implicated drugs. This article discusses drug-induced hair loss, which can occur with many drugs including cytotoxic agents, biologics, and immunomodulating agents, among others. It outlines the diagnosis and management of drug-induced alopecia, with a focus on recently implicated drugs. Medication-induced hair loss: An updateJournal of the American Academy of DermatologyVol. 90Issue 1PreviewTo the Editor: In their update review, Alhanshali et al1 reported an exhaustive list of recently implicated drugs leading to alopecia areata (AA). However, they did not include COVID-19 vaccines as a possible trigger for AA. ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have been associated with the development of AA.2,3 COVID-19 vaccination has been linked to hair loss with different patterns, including AA and its extensive variants alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis. Full-Text PDF