Physiological Changes in Scalp, Facial, and Body Hair After Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study of Subjective Changes

    December 2010 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    Iaisha Ali, Fenella Wojnarowska
    Studysummary This study reports two distinct patterns of hair changes in postmenopausal women, linking diffuse generalized scalp hair loss to older age and frontal hair loss to higher facial hair scores and younger age.
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