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LGBT individuals have unique skin health needs, including higher STD risks and side effects from gender-affirming treatments, requiring dermatologists to offer knowledgeable and culturally competent care.

Early medical support for transgender youth is important for their health, with low regret for gender-affirming hormone use and a need for knowledgeable care providers.

Gender-affirming care for youth remained essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, with telemedicine playing a key role.

Laser treatment for skin conditions VEN and ILVEN is effective and liked by patients.

Transgender patients need proper skin care, especially when undergoing hormone treatments, to manage issues like acne and hair loss.

The review highlights the need for more research on transgender dermatology, the role of dermatologists in gender affirmation, and the effects of hormone therapy on skin and hair.

The guideline provides healthcare professionals in South Africa with instructions for comprehensive, multidisciplinary gender-affirming care, including HIV prevention and treatment for transgender and gender diverse individuals.

Transgender patients in critical care need better-trained medical staff and specific guidelines.

Gender-affirming therapy can cause skin issues like acne and hair loss in transgender adolescents, and more research is needed on its dermatological effects.

Dermatologists are essential in helping transgender and gender diverse patients with skin and hair issues related to gender affirmation and hormone therapy.

Minoxidil can help transgender males grow facial hair before starting testosterone therapy.

Baldness in men with prostate cancer is linked to higher levels of certain sex hormones, but chest hair density is not.

Women with idiopathic hirsutism and PCOS have higher RBP4 levels, and PCOS is linked to greater insulin resistance; weight management may help both conditions.

A protein combining parathyroid hormone and collagen helped hair regrow in mice with a hair loss condition.

Caucasian and Asian women with PCOS generally show similar symptoms, except Asian women have less chest hair.

A boy with severe Vitamin D-resistant rickets did not respond to treatment and lacked a common symptom, suggesting a need for alternative treatments.

Antiandrogen therapy helped increase hair growth in women with hormonal imbalances related to baldness.

Excessive hair growth can be assessed by history, exam, and blood tests, and treated with medication like dexamethasone, birth control pills, and spironolactone.

Glucocorticoids are powerful anti-inflammatory drugs that must be used carefully to avoid serious side effects.

The treatment reduced hair growth and testosterone in women with excess hair and had some effects on stress responses.

The chapter explains the causes of excessive hair growth and masculinization in women and how to measure hormone levels related to these conditions.

Benzodiazepines changed hormone levels but did not affect hair growth in women with idiopathic hirsutism.

About 6.5% of young Caucasian women in Spain have polycystic ovary syndrome.

Higher levels of unbound testosterone are linked to increased insulin resistance, especially in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

A simple screening method found that 6.3% of women in a semiurban area in Sri Lanka have polycystic ovary syndrome, with most showing menstrual irregularities.

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

A gene called Gk5 controls lipid production in the skin and affects hair growth.

Using existing drugs for new purposes could be a cost-effective way to treat chest pain and non-clogged heart arteries, with some drugs for lung blood pressure showing promise but needing more testing.

A cancer patient's eyelashes grew excessively without other common side effects after taking the cancer drug erlotinib.