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The document concludes that treating androgen excess needs patience, managing expectations is important, and many drugs used are not officially approved, suggesting cosmetic options for mild cases.

Testosterone is crucial for development, growth, and various body functions in mammals.

Understanding how androgens work is key for creating new treatments for prostate issues and hair/skin conditions.

Chinese women with PCOS have higher androgen levels, which change with age and weight.

Flutamide and finasteride reduced sex hormones in pregnant hyenas, but increased them in males.

Androgens, like DHT, affect hair growth and treatments like finasteride may help.

Androgens and androgen receptors are important for metabolic health, affecting how the body uses glucose and fats through mitochondrial function.

Antiandrogens and androgen inhibitors like spironolactone, finasteride, and dutasteride can treat hair loss and skin conditions, but they have risks and side effects, including potential harm to pregnant women and risks of cancer and heart issues. Herbal remedies also have antiandrogenic effects but lack safety validation.

Hormonal treatments can help with hair loss, acne, and excess hair growth, but it takes 3-6 months to see results and patients should know the possible side effects.

A postmenopausal woman's facial redness, acne, and excess hair were caused by too much hormone therapy for insomnia, but improved after stopping the treatment.

Testosterone therapy can help postmenopausal women with low sexual desire but needs more safety research and should be used with estrogen therapy.

Testosterone therapy can help with androgen deficiency in women but should be used with caution and monitoring due to potential risks.

Testosterone therapy can help improve sexual function, mood, and bone density in women with low androgen levels, but more research is needed on long-term safety.

Finasteride treatment lowers urine androgen and prostaglandin levels, making them potential markers for effectiveness.

Women with female pattern hair loss have higher levels of certain androgens, suggesting increased androgen exposure to hair follicles.

Androgens may worsen COVID-19 and hair loss could indicate the disease's severity.

Androgens cause skin issues like acne and hair growth in women, often due to PCOS, and can be treated with medication and lifestyle changes.

Testosterone causes hair loss in AGA mice, which are good for testing baldness treatments, and both minoxidil and cyproterone acetate can prevent this hair loss.

The conclusion is that removing both ovaries is the best treatment for excess male hormones in postmenopausal women, with medication as another option, and managing insulin resistance is important for diagnosis and treatment.

Androgens like testosterone affect hair growth and oil production differently across body parts and individuals.

The patient's high testosterone was reduced by a medication that suppresses gonadotropin.

Tributyltin exposure causes sex changes, sterilization, and decline in the snail Ocinebrina aciculata, risking its extinction.

Enobosarm significantly increased muscle mass and improved physical function in elderly men and postmenopausal women without serious side effects.

The over-the-counter supplement DHEA could make COVID-19 worse, especially in diabetics and people with G6PD deficiency.

Male hormones can decrease the ability of immune cells to fight bacteria.

Blocking testosterone speeds up wound healing in males.

Steroidogenesis inhibitors change but don't stop androgen production in prostate cancer.

Two new compounds were found to build bone and muscle without affecting reproductive organs and skin oil glands.

Blocking testosterone speeds up wound healing in males.

A woman's virilization symptoms were caused by her partner's use of testosterone cream, which resolved after they separated.