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This review discusses the potential conflicts of interest and quality concerns associated with direct-to-consumer teledermatology platforms and reports no new experimental results.

New mutations in hair keratin genes cause the rare hair disorder monilethrix.

This study reported that the prevalence of alopecia areata in the US slightly increased from 0.199% to 0.222% between 2016 and 2019, with higher rates observed in women and adults.

In this study, patients using the digitally enabled platform Keeps for male pattern hair loss treatment reported positive health outcomes, with 81% experiencing hair regrowth or ceasing hair loss after six months.

This study reported that patients with alopecia areata experienced significant increases in work productivity loss and activity impairment due to worsening emotional symptoms, highlighting a need for better treatments.

This study found that the increasing visits to online prescription platforms for MQ-based finasteride treatment in androgenetic alopecia suggest a significant shift in medical care towards digital health services.

In this study, adults with significant alopecia areata were surveyed on their preferences for JAK inhibitor treatments, revealing a strong priority for scalp hair regrowth effectiveness and quicker initial regrowth over dosing convenience.

This study found that nearly 40% of patients with severe alopecia areata who showed eyebrow or eyelash regrowth on baricitinib 4 mg achieved significant scalp hair regrowth by the second year of treatment.

This study found that using at least one ICD-10 code for alopecia in Medicaid claims data accurately identified alopecia in women of childbearing age, with positive predictive values between 95.3% and 100% across various algorithms tested.

This study found that users of a German direct-to-consumer teledermatology platform for finasteride reported improvements in hair appearance and self-esteem, though 12% experienced treatment-related adverse events.

This review discusses the evolution of lineage-tracing strategies over the past century, emphasizing their role in identifying progenitor cells and resolving debates about cellular origins, with no new results reported.

This study found that all four evaluated large language models generated a significant proportion of inappropriate responses when prompted with or without LGBTQIA+ identity terms, with more severe bias observed in prompts mentioning LGBTQIA+ identities.

This study highlights the gap between media claims and limited scientific evidence on the impact of alternative therapies for men's health, emphasizing the need for larger-scale trials for informed patient counseling.

The Brigham Eyebrow Tool for Alopecia is a simple and reliable way to measure eyebrow hair loss.

This study evaluated the agreement between clinician and patient assessments of eyebrow and eyelash hair loss severity in adults with severe alopecia areata, using data from two phase 3 studies over 52 weeks.

People with alopecia who are more resilient tend to feel less stressed.

This review discusses the cosmetic and health implications of hirsutism and highlights its potential link to serious underlying disorders, but it presents no new clinical findings.

This review discusses the pathogenesis, causes, and treatments of hirsutism but provides no new clinical findings; the authors emphasize the strong impact of hirsutism on quality of life.

This article discusses solitary hirsutism, emphasizing that treatment is mostly cosmetic unless contraception is also desired, and reports no new clinical results.

Hirsutism is abnormal male-pattern hair growth in females due to excess androgens.

This article discusses cultural perspectives on hirsutism and hypertrichosis and reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses the physiology of hair growth, common abnormal patterns of hirsutism, and examines differential diagnoses and treatment options, but provides no new clinical findings.

This review highlights that pharmacologic therapy for hirsutism can effectively decrease hair growth, normalize menstrual cycles, and reduce endometrial cancer risk, with improvements in physical and mental well-being and minimal serious side effects reported.

Finasteride helped treat a 28-year-old's facial skin condition.

This study suggests that antiandrogens may slightly reduce hirsutism severity compared to placebo, but evidence is weak and their relative efficacy remains uncertain.

This article reports that the rise in erectile dysfunction among young men may be linked to mental health issues and societal pressures, with online communities often encouraging risky substance use like anabolic steroids and finasteride, which can exacerbate psychological and physical health problems.

The document explains that hirsutism, often caused by hormonal issues, can be managed with treatment to improve both physical appearance and mental health.

This study observed that complementary and alternative medicine, often marketed to men as ways to enhance "optimization," "recovery," and "vitality," has become mainstream, with many believing in its benefits for testosterone, erections, libido, hair loss, and sperm quality.