October 2023 in “Siriraj Medical Journal” This study found that oral iron supplementation, when given with topical 3% minoxidil, does not outperform the use of topical 3% minoxidil alone in treating female pattern hair loss and iron deficiency.
October 2025 in “Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences” This study found that low serum ferritin levels were significantly associated with non-scarring alopecia in women from Punjab, Pakistan, suggesting that assessing ferritin could help identify iron deficiency as a modifiable factor in hair loss.
January 2015 in “Iraqi Journal of Hematology” In this study, oral iron replacement therapy showed improvement in hair loss severity for some women with low serum ferritin levels, but not all responded.
April 2024 in “Proceedings” This study found a significant association between alopecia areata and low serum ferritin levels, suggesting that assessing and correcting iron stores might improve alopecia areata management.
January 2012 in “Iraqi postgraduate Medical Journal” This study found that low serum ferritin levels were significantly associated with chronic telogen effluvium in adult menstruating females, suggesting that serum ferritin is a better indicator of low iron stores than hemoglobin levels in this condition.
