research Skin Connective Tissue and Aging
Menopause reduces skin collagen and elasticity, and while estrogen therapy can help, its risks require careful consideration.
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research Skin Aging
After menopause, women lose a lot of skin collagen, but estrogen replacement might improve skin health.
research Androgen Insufficiency in Women: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications
Testosterone replacement can help women with low libido and mood, but they need to have enough estrogen first to avoid side effects.
research Association of Surgical Risk With Exogenous Hormone Use in Transgender Patients
Hormone treatment for transgender patients may not need to be stopped before surgery, but more research is needed, especially on estrogen.
research Sex Steroid Synthesis in Human Skin In Situ: The Roles of Aromatase and Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein in the Homeostasis of Human Skin
Human skin produces sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, influenced by ARO and StAR, which may affect skin elasticity and hair growth.
research Consecutive Cyproterone Acetate and Estradiol Treatment in Late-Pubertal Transgender Female Adolescents
Cyproterone acetate treatment is safe and causes mild feminization, which increases with added estrogen.
research Understanding and Addressing Hair Disorders in Transgender Individuals
Hormone therapy affects hair growth in transgender individuals, with testosterone potentially causing hair loss in trans men and estrogen reducing facial/body hair in trans women; treatment options vary.
research In Vitro Main Pathways of Steroid Action in Cultured Hair Follicle Cells: Vascular Approach
Steroids, particularly estrogens and 5α-reductase inhibitors, affect blood vessel-related hair growth processes in hair follicle cells.
research Gender Differences in Cardiac Hypertrophy
Women generally handle heart enlargement better than men, but it's riskier for them if it occurs; hormones like estrogen offer some protection.
research Circulating Androgen Levels Before and After Oophorectomy in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
Oophorectomy lowers testosterone and estrogen levels in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women, with postmenopausal women still producing significant testosterone.
research Estrogen Receptor Evaluation in Pomeranian Dogs with Hair Cycle Arrest (Alopecia X) on Melatonin Supplementation
Melatonin helped some Pomeranian dogs regrow hair, but it wasn't linked to estrogen receptors.
research Are Sex Hormones Promising Candidates to Explain Sex Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone may affect COVID-19 severity differently in men and women, potentially influencing prevention and treatment strategies.
research Treatment of Androgenic Disorders in Women: Acne, Hirsutism, and Alopecia
Androgen excess disorders in women were effectively treated with spironolactone, estrogen, and dexamethasone.
research 17β-Estradiol Enhances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Production and Dihydrotestosterone Antagonizes the Enhancement via the Regulation of Adenylate Cyclase in Differentiated THP-1 Cells
Estrogen increases blood vessel growth factor production, while testosterone blocks this increase.
research Immuno-Endocrinology of COVID-19: The Key Role of Sex Hormones
Sex hormones may affect COVID-19 severity, with estrogen possibly reducing risk and testosterone potentially increasing it.
research Female Pattern Hair Loss: Beyond an Androgenic Aetiology?
Estrogen and prolactin may play bigger roles in female hair loss than previously thought.
research The Effects of Estrogens on Linear Bone Growth
Estrogens are key for bone growth spurts in both boys and girls and affect growth into adulthood.
research An Attempt to Assess the Magnitude of Endogenous Androgen Production in a Case of the Adrenogenital Syndrome
A 17-year-old female with adrenogenital syndrome produces very high levels of androgens, which prevent complete feminization despite high estrogen doses.
research Female Pattern Hair Loss May Be Triggered by Low Estrogen to Androgen Ratio
Low estrogen compared to androgen may cause female hair loss.
research Metabolic Effect at Six and Twelve Months of Cyproterone Acetate (2 mg) Combined with Ethinyl Estradiol (35 µg) in 31 Patients
The medication combination did not affect glucose tolerance but increased some cholesterol levels due to its estrogen component.
research Osteoanabolic Estrogen Therapy in a Transsexual Man
Adding estrogen increased bone mass in a transsexual man undergoing hormone therapy.
research Human Skin
Estrogen deficiency, like after menopause or certain surgeries, leads to faster skin aging and health issues.
research On Photo-Stability of Oxybenzone
Estrogen receptors may not affect mouse hair growth as previously thought, and oxybenzone in sunscreen is stable in sunlight.
research Pubertal Hormones Increase Hippocampal Expression of α4βδ GABAA Receptors
Hormones during puberty increase certain receptors in the brain, and this change is influenced by estrogen levels.
research The Use of Testosterone After Menopause
Testosterone therapy can improve sexual satisfaction and mood in surgically menopausal women when used with estrogen, but its long-term safety and effects on naturally menopausal and premenopausal women are unclear.
research Melasma in a Transgender Woman
Transgender women on estrogen therapy can develop melasma and need proper skin care.
research A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Men Born with Very Low Birth Weight and Their Reproductive Hormone Profile
Men born very underweight had higher estrogen levels but normal reproduction compared to normal birth weight men.
research Outcome and Clinical-Biological Characteristics of Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer Undergoing Removal of Ovarian/Pelvic Metastases
Patients with advanced breast cancer and high hormone receptor levels who had surgery for ovarian/pelvic metastases lived longer, especially if they had high estrogen receptor levels.
research Hirsutism: A Comprehensive Update of Embryology, Aetiopathogenesis, and Therapeutic Approach
The document concluded that more research is needed to understand how estrogen affects the enzyme involved in hirsutism development.
research Use of Oral Contraceptives in the Management of Acne
Birth control pills with low-dose estrogen and antiandrogenic progestins can effectively treat acne.