Diffuse Female Hair Loss: Are Androgens Necessary?
September 1999
in “
British Journal of Dermatology
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Studysummary This case report describes a young woman with hypopituitarism who experienced hair loss typical of female androgenetic alopecia without detectable androgens, suggesting this hair loss pattern may not always be androgen dependent.
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The article reported a case of a young woman with hypopituitarism who exhibited clinical and histological features of female androgenetic alopecia despite having no detectable levels of circulating androgens or other signs of postpubertal androgenization. This case suggested that diffuse hair loss in women, often considered the female equivalent of male balding, was not necessarily dependent on androgens.
