FOLIVIS PHOTO RECORD
Protocol: FHP-1.0-20261020
Version: 1.0
Date: 2026-10-20
Author: Folivis Editorial
Canonical integration URL: https://www.folivis.com/pages/guides/how-to-take-consistent-hair-progress-photos

Purpose: consumer documentation of appearance and context. This is an original editorial method, not a clinically validated instrument, diagnosis, hair count, density measurement or product-efficacy test.

One row represents one view in one photo session. Keep multiple views as separate rows with the same session_id. Store the setup recipe with its setup_id and keep original image files privately.

Leave unknown values blank. A blank is not a zero, a normal result or an absence. hours_since_wash is an approximate consumer record, not a controlled measurement. Quality fields use yes, no or unclear. Comparability uses baseline, comparable, not-comparable or unclear. Appearance uses baseline, less-visible-scalp, similar-visible-scalp, more-visible-scalp or unclear. These categories are descriptive impressions, not a validated outcome scale.

record_type must distinguish TEMPLATE, EXAMPLE and PERSONAL. The example file has only hypothetical example rows. No real participant, clinical or Folivis result is included.

Do not change prescribed medicines to match photo timing. New patches, pain, inflammation or rapid change require assessment without waiting for a photo date. Permission to review privately is separate from permission to publish.

Source provenance: Takwale et al., DOI 10.1093/ced/llae341, PMID 39152787. Indexed abstract and author-institution bibliographic metadata reviewed on 2026-10-20. General clinical standardization principle only; the consumer eight steps, monthly suggestion, CSV and observation categories are Folivis editorial choices and have not been clinically validated. AAD Hair loss: diagnosis and treatment is the source for the distinction between a photo record and clinical assessment.

Integration note: publish downloads only after assigning actual Shopify-hosted asset URLs. The manuscript does not invent a live download URL.