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This study highlights that adverse effects from finasteride may persist in men after discontinuation, indicating a potential "post-finasteride syndrome.

Support groups help people with alopecia areata feel better emotionally, but more awareness and access are needed.

This study assessed the effectiveness of the EQ-5D in measuring health-related quality of life for alopecia areata patients and found it may not accurately capture the burden of the condition, particularly its psychosocial impact, compared to other more condition-specific measures.

This review discusses alopecia in nonhuman primates in research settings and reports no new findings, emphasizing documentation and therapeutic intervention importance during regulatory inspections.

This study found that severe alopecia areata significantly impacts quality of life, mental health, and daily activities, particularly among women and those with a longer disease duration.

Alopecia significantly harms emotional and social well-being.

This study found that women with mixed alopecia experienced significant cognitive impairments, particularly those with adaptation disorders, with symptoms like rapid fatigue and impaired concentration being most prevalent. The cognitive patterns are complex and require further investigation to inform tailored rehabilitation strategies.

This study found that the most significant negative emotional responses among cancer patients during consultations were related to treatment delays and the possibility of hair loss.

This study found that negative social attractiveness ratings for bald men by same-aged women occurred only when individuating information about the target was absent, while the physical attractiveness stereotype remained active at an implicit level.

This commentary expresses personal frustration with the social isolation necessitated by COVID-19, particularly highlighting the hardship within the hair restoration surgery community, and presents no research findings.

This study concluded that physical and emotional neglect could significantly contribute to the onset of alopecia areata, with alexithymia and traumatic stress disorder symptoms potentially more common in affected patients.

Iron deficiency causes hair loss by affecting hair differentiation and cycling.

This study found that negative illness perception in Saudi patients with alopecia is linked to reduced quality of life and increased anxiety and depression, highlighting the importance of addressing both physical and mental health in treatment.

This study identified a nonsense mutation in the zinc-finger domain of the hairless gene associated with congenital atrichia in a Japanese family, indicating a potential genetic cause for this rare form of alopecia.

This study found that patients with androgenetic alopecia reported more impact on their quality of life in terms of emotions, functioning, and symptoms than those with alopecia areata.

This study using zebrafish observed that inherited coping styles had a stronger impact on responses to social defeat stress than social rank, with subordinate fish showing more vulnerability to health impairments, including gut inflammation and skin injuries.

This study found that frequent lupus flare-ups, hair loss, hospitalization, and fatigue significantly impacted depression, anxiety, and socioeconomic coping, while having supportive friends reduced these emotional challenges.

A new genetic mutation in mice causes permanent hair loss and skin wrinkling.

This review analyzes quality of life instruments for pediatric alopecia areata and reports inconsistencies in their coverage, suggesting the need for new tools to comprehensively assess all affected life aspects.

This article reviews the need for a reliable and safe method to prevent alopecia areata from progressing to more severe states and reports no new research findings.

This study found that women with female pattern hair loss awaiting treatment tend to underestimate their hair loss severity compared to their clinicians' evaluations.

This study found that patients with various hair disorders experience high emotional distress, and significant psychological issues appear unrelated to disease severity in alopecia areata and female pattern hair loss. Formal psychological therapies improved the wellbeing of alopecia patients, as reported in this research.

This study found that kidney transplant recipients who experienced higher levels of symptom distress from immunosuppressive medications were more likely to be nonadherent to their medication regimen.

This study conducted in Europe found that both physicians and patients generally agreed on the severity of alopecia areata, with higher physician-rated severity linked to increased patient-reported burdens such as anxiety, depression, and work impairment.

This study of HCPS survivors in Chile found that 61.9% reported incomplete recovery at 3-6 months post-symptom onset, with ECMO users experiencing more motor dysfunction and palpitations, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary care to address persistent symptoms.

This study observed that patient-physician alignment on alopecia areata severity largely followed Japanese Dermatological Association criteria, yet alignment on treatment satisfaction was lower, with lack of efficacy as the main dissatisfaction reason.

Self-management can help improve symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

This study found that female pattern hair loss patients who used gratitude journals saw notable improvements in perceived hair loss and quality of life over one month compared to controls, with 83% reporting improvement in hair loss versus 33% in the control group.

This study found that immune privilege collapse in the hair follicle bulge and associated immune responses may contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of lichen planopilaris, suggesting a potential autoimmune basis for the disease.

This article discusses identifying and preventing iron deficiency anemia but provides no new clinical findings.