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New treatments for PCOS focus on insulin resistance and reducing testosterone levels, along with traditional hormone therapies.

For women with moderate to severe unwanted hair growth or acne, birth control pills are the first choice, with other medications like cyproterone, spironolactone, flutamide, or finasteride as alternatives, and permanent hair removal should be done with electrolysis or laser.

More adolescent girls in urban areas of India have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome compared to those in rural areas.

High triglyceride levels are a key factor affecting testosterone levels in women with PCOS.

An mFG score of 7 or higher indicates hirsutism in Filipino women, often linked to higher free testosterone levels.

PCOS affects about 4% of women in the southeastern U.S. equally across Black and White populations.

Antiandrogens are somewhat effective in reducing excessive hair growth in women.

Taking low-dose spironolactone and metformin together works better for PCOS symptoms than either drug alone.

Certain medications including flutamide, spironolactone, and others effectively reduce excessive hair growth in women, especially when combined with lifestyle changes.

Finasteride, CPA, and flutamide are all equally effective in reducing excessive hair growth in women.

All three treatments reduce hirsutism, but spironolactone works best long-term.

Antiandrogens, particularly flutamide and CPA, are most effective for treating hirsutism, with long-term use needed for best results.

Finasteride and spironolactone both reduce hirsutism, but finasteride lowers androgen levels more.

Spironolactone reduces the enzyme activity that converts testosterone to DHT, helping treat excessive hair growth in women.

Women with only irregular periods or excess hair have a better hormone profile than those with full PCOS, but both groups are similar, indicating a need for better PCOS diagnosis methods.

Spironolactone may help reduce hair growth and testosterone levels in some women with hirsutism.

Some medications can reduce excessive hair growth in women, but more research is needed to find the best treatment combinations.

The document concludes that managing hirsutism involves identifying the cause, using a scoring system for severity, combining cosmetic and medical treatments, encouraging weight loss, and providing psychological support, while noting the need for more research on drug treatments.

The document concludes that proper diagnosis and combined treatments are key for hirsutism management, and weight loss may help overweight patients.

Flutamide combined with a low-dose birth control pill effectively reduces excessive hair growth in women with polycystic ovarian disease.

The document concludes that careful evaluation is needed to diagnose PCOS correctly due to similar symptoms in other conditions, and accurate testosterone level measurement is crucial.

Prostate-specific antigen may be a new marker for excess male hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Testosterone increases hair growth and acne in transgender men.

Both treatments reduced excessive hair growth in PCOS, but there was no difference in weight, hair score, hormone levels, or insulin resistance.

Excessive hair growth is much more common in Chinese women with PCOS than in the general population.

The FG score is better at detecting hyperandrogenism in PCOS patients than testosterone levels or FAI, but testosterone is the recommended test for diagnosis.

Women with PCOS have lower amylin levels, which are not related to their body weight.

The conclusion is that proper diagnosis and long-term treatment, including medication, hair removal, and lifestyle changes, are important for improving hirsutism, especially in PCOS patients.

The photographic method accurately measures hair growth and both treatments effectively reduced hair growth in hirsute women.

Cheap treatments for excessive hair growth in women can improve symptoms by 35-40% after one year.