Figure 1: (a) A woman in her 30s suffered from diffuse hair loss for a month. (b) She had a complete response 19 months after steroid pulse therapy. There is no relapse even now. (c, d) Histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen from her head showed an increase in the number of telogen follicles and peribulbar infiltration of lymphocytes surrounding anagen follicles [hematoxylin-eosin (H and E) staining; original magnification, ×40 (c), ×200 (d)]. (e) A man in his 30s suffered from hair loss on the parietal for 3 weeks. (f) He did not have a complete response 5 years after steroid pulse therapy. (g, h) Histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen from his head showed an increase in the number of telogen follicles and peribulbar infiltration of lymphocytes [hematoxylin-eosin (H and E) staining; original magnification, ×40 (g), ×200 (h)]