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A cross-sectional study with patients with biopsy-confirmed cicatricial alopecia and dermoscopic features of lichen planus pigmentosus.5,6 Patients with dermoscopy and histology features of melasma were excluded.7 Patients underwent a 2 mm punch biopsy in the zygomatic region, where there were no clinically visible papules. Lichen planus pigmentosus is a rare variant of classic lichen planus that most commonly affects Fitzpatrick skin phototype III to VI.1,2 The coexistence of lichen planus pigmentosus and frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) was first described by Dlova.3,4 In this work, we studied lichen planus pigmentosus in female patients with cicatricial alopecia and defined clinical, dermoscopic and histopathological features related to this diagnosis. 6 Sharma VK, Gupta V, Pahadiya P, Vedi KK, Arava S, Ramam M. Dermoscopy and patch testing in patients with lichen planus pigmentosus on face: a cross-sectional observational study in fifty Indian patients. [Extracted from the article]