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After menopause, women lose a lot of skin collagen, but estrogen replacement might improve skin health.

Human skin produces sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, influenced by ARO and StAR, which may affect skin elasticity and hair growth.

The effects of estrogen on human hair growth are unclear and need more research.

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.

Women generally handle heart enlargement better than men, but it's riskier for them if it occurs; hormones like estrogen offer some protection.

Oophorectomy lowers testosterone and estrogen levels in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women, with postmenopausal women still producing significant testosterone.

Sex hormones may affect COVID-19 severity, with estrogen possibly reducing risk and testosterone potentially increasing it.

Estrogen and prolactin may play bigger roles in female hair loss than previously thought.

Low estrogen compared to androgen may cause female hair loss.

A 17-year-old female with adrenogenital syndrome produces very high levels of androgens, which prevent complete feminization despite high estrogen doses.

Estrogen deficiency, like after menopause or certain surgeries, leads to faster skin aging and health issues.

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.

Men born very underweight had higher estrogen levels but normal reproduction compared to normal birth weight men.

Transgender women on estrogen therapy can develop melasma and need proper skin care.

The effects of estrogen on human scalp hair growth are unclear and need more research.

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.

The document concluded that more research is needed to understand how estrogen affects the enzyme involved in hirsutism development.

Long-term estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women can improve certain health markers, hair loss is common regardless of hormone use, stopping estrogen doesn't increase breast cancer risk, smoking does, and a balanced BMI is linked to lower mortality.

The paper suggests that a decrease in estrogen receptor activity may cause sexual dysfunction syndromes and proposes hormonal treatments.

Cancer rates are increasing in developed countries, with estrogen, aging, low vitamin D3, and HPV infection as common causes.

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

A pregnant woman's skin condition improved after giving birth, possibly due to high estrogen levels during pregnancy.

Young women in West Bengal, India, with PCOS often have estrogen resistance, leptin receptor issues, folate deficiency, T2DM, and acanthosis, commonly linked to obesity.

Dihydrotestosterone makes arteries stiffer in female mice by reducing estrogen receptor expression.

Transgender females can reach their target estrogen levels using estradiol patches, especially if oral treatments fail or if they're at risk for blood clots. Often, the highest dose patch is needed.

Estrogen-progestin contraception lowers ovarian, endometrial, and colon cancer risk but may raise breast and cervical cancer risk, helps with menstrual and acne issues, and new methods are as effective as pills. Metformin helps overweight women with PCOS and insulin resistance, and dopamine agonists treat prolactinomas.

Higher androgen receptor levels in bald areas may cause hair loss, while estrogen receptors have less impact.

Treatments for hair loss include estrogen therapy and special shampoos.

Genetics, low estrogen, and low iron levels contribute to female hair loss, with specific scalp signs indicating severity.

Adding estrogen increased bone mass in a transsexual man undergoing hormone therapy.