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Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is crucial for conditions like male-pattern baldness and acne, and measuring a byproduct, androstanediol glucuronide, is a better way to assess DHT's effects than DHT blood levels.

The same hormone can affect gene expression differently in various tissues, which could lead to new treatments for conditions like hair loss.

Androgens can both stimulate and cause hair loss, and understanding their effects is key to treating hair disorders.

Beard cells, unlike scalp cells, produce growth factors in response to testosterone, which may explain differences in hair growth.

Hormone imbalances can cause specific skin changes, which may help in early detection of endocrine disorders.

Androgens play a key role in hair growth and disorders like baldness and excessive hairiness.

Testosterone can both promote hair growth and cause baldness by affecting hair growth signals.

The document concludes that the 5 alpha-reductase enzymes are important in steroid metabolism and related to various human diseases, with inhibitors used to treat conditions like male pattern baldness and prostate issues.

Hair growth is influenced by hormones and goes through different phases; androgens can both promote and inhibit hair growth depending on the body area.

The conclusion is that androgenetic alopecia and senescent alopecia have unique gene changes, suggesting different causes and potential treatments for these hair loss types.

Androgens can both increase and decrease hair growth in different parts of the body.

Androgens can both increase body hair and cause scalp hair loss.

Antiandrogens can help treat skin conditions like acne and excessive hair in women when used carefully.

Finasteride treats enlarged prostate and baldness, but may cause limited urinary improvement and sex-related side effects.

COVID-19 might worsen symptoms and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia, possibly due to inflammation and metabolic disturbances in the prostate gland. More research is needed to confirm this.

Most women with hirsutism have normal hormone levels and can be treated with cosmetic methods; obesity and PCOS are common causes, and treatments depend on the underlying issue.

Androgens are important for female fertility and could help in IVF treatment, but also play a role in causing PCOS.

Androgenetic alopecia, or hair loss, is caused by a mix of genetics, hormones, and environment, where testosterone affects hair growth and causes hair to become smaller and grow for a shorter time.

Cyproterone acetate is used to treat conditions like prostate cancer, early puberty, excessive sexual drive, and female androgenization by blocking male sex hormones.

Male genital development is driven by androgen signaling and understanding it could help address congenital anomalies.

Scutellaria baicalensis extract and baicalin may help prevent hair loss.

Ganoderma lucidum may help treat prostate cancer by blocking male hormones and slowing cancer cell growth.

Dermatologists can help diagnose endocrine disorders like PCOS and metabolic syndrome by looking at skin symptoms.

ROS may affect hair loss related to hormones.

Using polymeric micelles to deliver spironolactone topically could improve wound healing in skin affected by glucocorticoids.

Male hormones affect COVID-19 severity and certain drugs targeting these hormones could help reduce the risk.

Men's sensitivity to male hormones might affect how severe COVID-19 gets for them.

Women with PCOS are more than twice as likely to develop nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

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

Testing for CAG repeat polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene is not currently recommended for managing hypogonadism.