Androgenetic Alopecia: A Chronic or Pubertal Onset Disease Retarded by Blood Donation

    September 2017 in “ Majallah-i taḥqīqāt-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i Zāhidān ”
    Mohammad Saaid Dayer, Fatemeh Dehghani, Dili Daer, Mohammad Saaid Dayer, Sayed Ehsan Alavi
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    TLDR Androgenetic alopecia is a long-term, immune-related disorder that starts during puberty due to androgen secretion, and it might be improved with iron tablets, platelet transfusion, and anti-inflammation therapy.
    The study conducted 5 years ago on 80 individuals with androgenetic alopecia and 80 healthy controls found that patients with this condition had significantly higher counts of red blood cells, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, white blood cells, lymphocytes, and total iron binding capacity. Conversely, platelet counts were significantly lower in these patients. The study concluded that androgenetic alopecia is a chronic, immunologic, and slowly progressing disorder triggered in the pubertal period by androgen secretion. The researchers suggested that the condition may be improved by prescription of iron tablets, platelet transfusion, and anti-inflammation therapy.
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