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This case report suggests that lisinopril may cause alopecia, which resolved after the patient switched to losartan potassium.

This article discusses the causes of alopecia and the psychological impact on adolescents experiencing hair loss, but reports no new research findings.

This study found a significant association between the severity of male pattern baldness and increased levels of depression, loneliness, and internet addiction among male medical students with androgenetic alopecia.

This case report describes canities subita, characterized by sudden hair whitening without hair loss, in a patient following a stressful event, suggesting an immune system involvement.

This commentary discusses Post-Finasteride Syndrome as a challenge for clinicians and provides no new clinical results; the author focuses on the condition's manageability.

In this case study, a 24-year-old female with treatment-resistant trichotillomania achieved a 9-month remission of hair-pulling and hair regrowth through mindset reframing, physical barriers, and community support, suggesting these approaches may offer promising interventions for individuals with similar conditions.

This overview describes various disorders, including haphephobia, alopecia areata, and urinary incontinence, summarizing potential treatments and management strategies specific to each condition.

The researchers reported that DHT-inducible DKK-1 may play a significant role in DHT-driven balding by inhibiting hair follicle cell growth and promoting apoptosis in androgenetic alopecia.

Among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, this study found that anxiety and depression were present but did not affect overall quality of life.

This review identifies a significant link between telogen effluvium and increased psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, and social phobia, stressing the need for both medical and psychological care to improve affected individuals' quality of life.

In this study, Alopecia Areata patients were generally knowledgeable about their condition, believed it was due to genetic or health factors, and experienced significant anxiety and depression affecting their quality of life.

This study found that eliminating senescent cells using senolytic drugs effectively prevented and reversed paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in mice.

In this study, men with androgenic alopecia taking minoxidil gel generally showed no evidence of psychological malfunction, but those over 35 experienced greater psychological improvement when they had cosmetic success with the treatment.

In this study, Muslim women with alopecia who wear hijab generally reported a lesser impact on quality of life than those who do not wear hijab, and were less likely to seek medical care for their condition.

This study investigated psychosocial adaptation in women with diffuse alopecia, finding that adaptation disorders, particularly related to depression and anxiety, more significantly impacted psychosocial adaptation than the alopecia's origin, highlighting areas for targeted psychological intervention.

This study highlights the lack of sufficient Korean epidemiological research examining the psychosocial aspects of female pattern hair loss, the leading cause of hair loss among women.

This review supports iron deficiency anemia as a valid cause of chronic generalized pruritus and suggests potential mechanisms by which iron deficiency may lead to pruritus, but reports no new clinical results.

This article is a self-assessment by Rosa Angela Ragni and Kenneth Smith, reporting no new results.

This paper analyzes Hilary Mantel's memoir and suggests that conflicts between her bodily experiences and psychological identifications affected her acceptance of a female gender identity, influencing her experience of endometriosis.

This review discusses the ethical and legal challenges faced by practitioners who conscientiously object to participating in euthanasia and assisted suicide, reporting no new clinical results.

In this study, researchers reported that alopecia areata significantly impacts quality of life, with effects ranging from small to very large, especially for those with longer disease duration, highlighting the importance of psychological evaluation and support for affected patients.

This study found that subjective scalp sensations like hurting and burning are common among alopecia patients, with burning in particular showing a significant association with psychological distress in patients with lichen planopilaris and androgenetic alopecia, suggesting a potential psychoneuroinflammatory pathway.

In this descriptive study conducted in a tertiary care center in Chennai, researchers observed that chemotherapy-induced hair loss seriously impacts the emotional well-being of cancer survivors, especially women and younger individuals, with severity of hair loss correlating strongly with psychological distress.

Low-dose finasteride may cause muscle weakness and eye issues, but stopping the drug can lead to recovery.

This review reports that androgenetic alopecia in young adult men is consistently linked to lower self-esteem, increased anxiety, and a higher risk of depression, suggesting significant psychosocial impacts beyond cosmetic concerns.

In this cross-sectional study, social support was found to improve empowerment and alopecia-related quality of life in breast cancer patients, with an indirect benefit on quality of life achieved through enhanced empowerment.

This narrative review highlights that alopecia areata significantly impacts the psychological wellbeing of cancer patients, contributing to distress, anxiety, and depression, and underscores the importance of integrating dermatologic care with psycho-oncology to improve patient outcomes.

This letter to the editor raises the possibility of a new medical entity characterized by symptoms such as poikiloderma, hyperpigmentation, alopecia, malformed bones, lymphedema, and decreased cortisol, but provides no clinical results.

This study observed morphological changes in scalp hair follicles of humans deprived of protein for 15 days, which suggests potential use in diagnosing protein-calorie malnutrition.