Abstract: Lichen simplex chronicus is a skin disease that mostly affects female patients, with a peak incidence between ages 35 and 50 years.On afsm ribbon army the scalp, it appears as a single or multiple oval lesions, showing scaling and hair shaft loss or breakage.An important dermoscopic feature of the disease are epiphone slash anaconda the "broom fibers.
" Histopathology reveals the "hamburger" and the "gear wheel" signs.The aim of this report is to demonstrate a case of lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp with typical and exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings.