Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Skin

    May 2000 in “ Maturitas ”
    Mark Brincat
    Studysummary This review discusses the effects of estrogen on skin and reports no new clinical results; it highlights estrogen's potential benefits on skin thickness, collagen quality, and hair follicle life cycle.
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    Research cited in this study 3

    1. Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Androgenic Alopecia Versus Alopecia Areata American Journal of Dermatopathology · 1998
    2. Postmenopausal Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: A Frontal Variant of Lichen Planopilaris Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1997
    3. An Estrogen Receptor Pathway Regulates the Telogen-Anagen Hair Follicle Transition and Influences Epidermal Cell Proliferation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1996

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