Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels in Women with Androgenetic Alopecia

    April 2019 in “ Turkderm ”
    Gözde Kurtoğlu, Selma Emre, Ahmet Metin, Merve Ergin, Ozcan Erel, Akın Aktaş
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    TLDR Women with androgenetic alopecia (hair loss) have normal prostate specific antigen levels but higher testosterone levels.
    In 2019, a study involving 100 women with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and 67 healthy women found no significant difference in serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels between the two groups. However, total testosterone level was significantly higher in the AGA group (p=0.03). Other hormone levels, including prolactin, ferritin, cortisol, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and estradiol, were normal in both groups. The study suggested that serum PSA in women with AGA could potentially be used as a marker for the androgen effect on androgen-sensitive tissues, but this requires further large-scale studies.
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