Guides
Practical, source-backed answers about clinical photography, hair and skin progress tracking, and image workflows.
What is dermoscopy? A clinician's guide to the technique, its structures, and digital follow-up
What dermoscopy is, how a dermatoscope reveals sub-surface structures the naked eye misses, the reading methods clinicians use, and why capturing it digitally turns a single look into a comparable record over time.
Read guide →Canfield alternatives: an honest map of the options, use case by use case
Canfield Scientific sells several different systems — HairMetrix, VECTRA, VISIA, Mirror. 'A Canfield alternative' means something different for each. This guide maps the real alternatives by use case: hair consultation, clinical photo documentation, total-body 3D imaging and aesthetic analysis.
Read guide →How to track hair progress with photos: a clinician's method
A repeatable, standardized photo method for following hair density and coverage across a treatment course — the views, intervals, lighting, and scales that make change measurable instead of anecdotal.
Read guide →HairMetrix alternatives: what hair clinics should weigh before buying the camera
An honest look at Canfield's HairMetrix — what it genuinely delivers in AI hair metrics — and the alternatives: analysis systems that compete on automated measurement, and software-first platforms that solve standardized documentation and follow-up without proprietary hardware.
Read guide →FotoFinder alternatives: an honest guide for clinics that need the documentation, not the hardware
Why clinics look for a FotoFinder alternative, what FotoFinder genuinely does well, and how software-first platforms compare for standardized capture, trichoscopy follow-up and dermoscopy documentation — using the devices you already own.
Read guide →Best trichoscopy and hair analysis software for dermatologists
A practical, honest comparison of the best trichoscopy and hair analysis software for dermatologists and hair clinics — by use case, hardware needs and price model.
Read guide →Best dermatology and dermoscopy imaging software
An honest comparison of the best dermatology and dermoscopy imaging software for lesion documentation, total-body mapping and longitudinal follow-up — by use case, hardware and price.
Read guide →What is digital trichoscopy and why it matters for clinical diagnosis
Understand digital trichoscopy: how it replaces subjective evaluation with objective metrics and why it has become the standard for diagnosing scalp and hair disorders.
Read guide →Benefits of digital trichoscopy for hair follow-up
A practical guide to how digital trichoscopy supports hair and scalp follow-up with standardized imaging, serial documentation, and clearer patient communication.
Read guide →How to standardize clinical photos for reliable before-and-after comparison
A practical workflow for capturing consistent patient photos so follow-ups are genuinely comparable: fixed angle, framing, lighting, and distance.
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