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Skin changes can help diagnose and manage endocrine disorders like thyroid problems, diabetes, and adrenal gland conditions.

Amenorrhea is relatively rare and initial testing should check FSH, TSH, and prolactin levels.

Triparanol therapy can cause hair loss and skin dryness without inflammation or damage to hair follicles or skin structures.

Doctors need to be better prepared to assess and treat obesity in patients.

Oral contraceptives help treat hyperandrogenic disorders, improving symptoms like excessive hair and acne.

Malnutrition severely harms growth and development in young baboons.

Pregnant women often experience skin and hair changes, with over half getting stretch marks and pigment changes, and should be cautious with cosmetic procedures due to potential risks.

Ice-skating athletes often have skin problems due to cold, infections, and inflammation, needing careful treatment and prevention.

Hidradenitis suppurativa may be related to hormones and patients often have metabolic disorders; more research is needed to understand this connection.

The document concludes that identifying the cause of amenorrhea is crucial for proper treatment.

Amenorrhea is when a woman doesn't have periods, with primary amenorrhea starting by age 15 or within five years of breast development, and secondary amenorrhea when periods stop for three months. It affects 3-4% of women not pregnant, breastfeeding, or in menopause, mainly due to polycystic ovary syndrome, hypothalamic amenorrhea, hyperprolactinemia, and ovarian failure.

Methotrexate effectively treated a 2-year-old's generalized pustular psoriasis without side effects.

A woman had both Graham Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome, causing hair loss, and complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, making her genetically male but physically female. This suggests androgens don't affect the hair loss condition.

An 8-year-old girl with vitiligo developed extra hair growth on her knee after using tacrolimus ointment.

Amenorrhea, or the absence of periods, should be evaluated by age 15 or within five years of early breast development, and is most commonly caused by conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome and hypothalamic amenorrhea.

Ruby laser hair removal significantly reduces hair density.

Obesity increases the risk of skin infections, inflammatory conditions, and melanoma, but not basal cell carcinoma.

Laser therapy helped new hair grow in scarred skin for three patients.

A patient with Satoyoshi syndrome improved with a treatment combining several medications, including carbamazepine and methotrexate.

Hormone imbalances can cause skin diseases, and understanding these links is important for diagnosis and treatment.

A 10-year-old girl with Fox Fordyce disease improved with treatment, suggesting the disease can occur before puberty and might be underdiagnosed in young girls.

A woman died from cancer that spread from a long-standing cyst on her abdomen.

UVA1-light therapy successfully treated a child's skin condition, mycosis fungoides.

Tissue expansion is an effective treatment for certain types of hair loss, providing immediate coverage with hair-bearing skin.

Obese Hispanic women with PCOS are at higher risk for metabolic problems than non-Hispanic white women.

A dog in Colorado was diagnosed with leishmaniasis, suggesting the disease might be present in the state.

Fox Fordyce disease might be more common in prepubertal girls than thought and can be managed with treatment.

Idiopathic hirsutism causes excessive hair growth in women, can be treated with medication and hair removal, but cannot be fully reversed.

A woman developed severe skin damage after using a blood thinner called low-molecular-weight heparin.

Menopause can cause skin issues, and seeing a dermatologist helps.