January 2020 in “Przegla̧d dermatologiczny” This article presents a clinical approach to diagnosing and managing hirsutism from a dermatological perspective, but it reports no new clinical findings.
288 citations
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June 2009 in “Human reproduction update” This review examines various methods for assessing hair growth in women, highlighting the usefulness of the mFG visual scoring method for diagnosing hirsutism despite its limitations.
52 citations
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March 2016 in “JAMA dermatology” This study found that hirsutism significantly negatively impacts quality of life, with self-assessed severity more strongly linked to quality-of-life impact and depressive symptoms than clinician assessments.
42 citations
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July 2015 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review discusses diagnostic and treatment considerations for women with cutaneous hyperandrogenism, noting therapeutic options are more effective for hirsutism and acne than for androgenetic alopecia, but reports no new clinical results.
5 citations
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June 2016 in “TURKDERM” This review discusses various dermatological scoring systems used to objectively assess disease severity and guide treatment decisions, reporting no new clinical results.