Finding support and authoritative resources to navigate CCCA isn't as easy as it should be. I've had to do a lot of hunting and rely on tips from other people. I want to make things easier on all my beautiful readers by compiling the list of resources I wish I'd known about early in my diagnosis.

For Black women living with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) – a condition that almost exclusively affects us – it can be hard to find a dermatologist that can not only treat CCCA, but respect and understand our hair and culture.