In addition to the usual erythema and scaling, active lesions might occasionally express mucous material.

[7] Alopecia mucinosa patients require many skin biopsy samples for examination.

Alopecia mucinosa is characterized by follicular degeneration and a buildup of mucin inside the follicles.

[6] The primary acute form of alopecia mucinosa is more common in children and young adults, characterized by isolated lesions on the scalp and skull that go away on their own in a short amount of time.

[5] Topical, intralesional, and systemic glucocorticoids, dapsone, x-irradiation, antimalarials, isotretinoin, indomethacin, minocycline, UVA1 phototheraphy, and PUVA photochemotheraphy, are among the treatment methods that have been documented in the therapy of this condition.