July 2025 in “Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery” In this guide, the authors describe a scalp incision technique that minimizes damage to hair follicles and results in barely noticeable scars in hair-bearing areas.
Low vitamin C caused bleeding and corkscrew hair, resolved with vitamin C treatment.
January 2013 in “Guiding Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy” This study reports that the combination of catgut embedding, moxibustion, and bleeding therapy showed significant clinical efficacy for androgenetic alopecia at three and six months compared to finasteride alone.
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February 2020 in “Journal of pediatric & adolescent gynecology” In this study, recurrent vaginal bleeding in pre-pubertal girls was most often not linked to hormonal abnormalities, with two cases caused by foreign bodies that were resolved upon removal.
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January 2020 in “Bioscience Reports” This study found that prolonged use of finasteride in women led to altered levels of sex steroids, DNA damage, and increased menstrual bleeding, suggesting adverse health effects without clear benefits for androgenetic alopecia treatment.