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Combination therapies for androgenetic alopecia work best but can have significant side effects and costs.

The document concludes that treating female hair loss should target reducing excess androgen and blocking its effects on hair follicles, with the best treatments being hormonal therapy, adrenal suppression, and topical minoxidil.

A patient had both chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus and frontal fibrosing alopecia.

FFA in men, often mistaken for other hair loss types, may be more common than thought and needs larger studies for confirmation.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a scarring hair loss condition mainly affecting older women, with no known cause and treatments that may help stabilize hair loss.

Micrografts and minigrafts for hair restoration provide high patient satisfaction and can cover large areas of hair loss, including sideburns, eyebrows, and beards.

Hair transplants can work for permanent hair loss if the condition is stable and done carefully.

Hyaluronic acid successfully treated skin atrophy caused by corticosteroid injections.

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia is a slowly progressing hair loss condition, likely underdiagnosed, with ineffective treatments, needing more research to understand it fully.

Both minoxidil-spironolactone and minoxidil-finasteride treatments work for hair loss, but minoxidil-spironolactone is slightly more effective, especially in women.

Understanding how DHT works is important for diagnosing and treating hormone-related disorders.

Different fields of expertise must work together to better understand hair growth and create effective hair loss treatments.

New treatments and technologies in laser medicine show promise for improving skin conditions, fat reduction, cancer treatment, wound healing, and hair restoration.

Removing both ovaries may better treat increased male hormone levels and related symptoms in postmenopausal women when hormone therapy doesn't work.

Leflunomide and anthralin may effectively treat severe alopecia areata.

Using a handheld massage device during hair transplant significantly reduces pain for most patients.

Finasteride and dutasteride may help prevent hair loss but could cause side effects like sexual dysfunction and psychological issues.

Oral dutasteride can potentially treat frontal fibrosing alopecia in postmenopausal women, with some patients showing disease arrest and hair regrowth.

Modern hair transplants use small grafts for a natural look and drugs to prevent further loss, with high patient satisfaction.

Tissue expanders effectively repair large scalp defects and restore a natural-looking scalp.

The document says doctors should identify and treat Frontal fibrosing alopecia medically before considering surgery, as treatments often don't work well.

Hair restoration surgery techniques can effectively treat scalp deformities and have evolved to provide natural-looking results.

The best results in surgical hair restoration come from careful techniques, optimal use of limited hair supply, correct hair direction, saving hair for key areas, understanding scarring effects, and adjusting hair graft density.

The Hair Implanter Pen increases speed and is gentle on grafts, with users mastering it after a few tries.

Caffeine can potentially treat common hair loss by counteracting hair follicle shrinkage caused by hormones.

Finasteride effectively treats hair loss in men with minimal side effects.

Finasteride effectively treats mild to moderate hair loss in men aged 18-41, with some side effects.

Minoxidil and finasteride treat hair loss; more research needed for other options.

Androgens play a complex role in skin conditions like acne and hair loss in women, and normal blood levels don't always show true androgen status.

Surgeons suggested a standard system for hair transplant methods to improve communication and results.