“…Friction or pressure over the bony occipital prominence may contribute to this circumscribed occipital hair loss. Alternatively, perinatal trauma associated with caput succedaneum can cause a pressure-induced alopecia, which often presents as a ''halo ring'' of hair loss along the occipital ridge (12). Other causes of circumscribed hair loss to be considered include congenital nevi, congenital triangular alopecia, aplasia cutis congenita, underlying meningocele or cystic lesion, and hair loss associated with complex developmental disorders (1,11,13).…”