Photographic assessment improves adherence to recommended follow-up in patients with androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata: A retrospective cohort study

[...]many institutions implement adjuvant interventions or offer detailed counselling and assessments to improve patient compliance. [...]baseline disease severity could not be standardized between the two groups since objective measurements were lacking in patients who did not undergo photographic assessment. All the willing patients were subjected to objective assessment irrespective of disease severity or clinical characteristics. [...]to improve overall therapeutic outcomes, it may be beneficial to provide photographic assessment for patients with hair loss.