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Artefactual Skin Disorder: Exploring Clinical Features, Psychiatric Associations, and Contemporary Treatment Approaches: A Narrative Review

research Artefactual Skin Disorder: Exploring Clinical Features, Psychiatric Associations, and Contemporary Treatment Approaches: A Narrative Review

January 2025 in “Dermatology Review”

Artefactual skin disorder involves self-inflicted skin lesions linked to mental health issues, needing combined medical and psychological treatment.

research External Post Mortem Artefact: A Key Issue in Hair Result Interpretation

15 citations , January 2008 in “Annales de Toxicologie Analytique”

Hair test results can be misleading due to contamination, so they shouldn't be used alone to determine drug use.

research Zolpidem-Associated Dermatitis Artefacta: An Unusual Cause of Cicatricial Alopecia

1 citations , December 2025 in “Diagnostics”

Stopping zolpidem improved hair loss caused by self-inflicted scalp injuries during sleep.

research Colored Dots on Trichoscopy—Beware of Artifacts

5 citations , December 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology”

Some hair products can create false signs on scalp examinations, leading to wrong diagnoses.

research External Post Mortem Artefact: A Key Issue in Hair Result Interpretation

January 2009

Hair test results can be misleading due to external contamination, so they shouldn't be used alone to assess long-term drug use.

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community Creatine Doesn’t Cause Hair Loss: Stop the BS

in Research/Science 135 upvotes 5 months ago

Creatine does not cause hair loss, despite many users reporting personal experiences of hair shedding. Scientific evidence shows no link between creatine and increased hair loss or hormone changes.

community Progress check - 6 months apart.

in Is this regrowth? 36 upvotes 8 months ago

The conversation is about a user's hair loss treatment regimen, which includes daily finasteride, topical minoxidil, derma rolling, and Nizoral shampoo. Opinions vary on the effectiveness of the regimen, with some users suggesting additional treatments like oral minoxidil and dutasteride, while others debate the presence of a scalp fungus and the impact of microneedling.

community Research Backed Dutasteride Simulator (Serum/scalp DHT included for all doses)

in Research 489 upvotes 1 year ago

A Dutasteride Simulator predicts serum dutasteride, serum DHT, and scalp DHT levels using models from research papers. It simulates various dosing schedules to determine steady-state effects and visualizes outcomes, including hair growth-related scalp DHT suppression.

community Research Backed Dutasteride Simulator (Serum/Scalp DHT included for all doses)

in Finasteride/Dutasteride 113 upvotes 1 year ago

A dutasteride simulator predicts that daily 0.5 mg dosing results in higher DHT suppression compared to less frequent dosing. Twice-weekly dutasteride may be as effective as finasteride 5 mg, providing a balance between efficacy and ease of use.

community Ultimate DHT/finasteride microdosing graph to replace the commonly one referenced on forums

in Finasteride/Dutasteride 206 upvotes 5 years ago

Hair loss treatments, specifically, discussing the effectiveness and side effects of finasteride, minoxidil, and RU58841 in various microdoses. It also includes an updated graph which provides information on how different doses affect DHT levels, scalp skin and serum androgen levels, as well as hair count.