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This study reports on a 46-year-old female with a high hairline who underwent hairline-lowering surgery using bone-tunneling suture fixation, achieving an average of 2 cm reduction, equivalent to transplanting up to 3,000 hair grafts, with satisfactory results for both patient and surgeons.

This case report describes a 14-year-old girl with alopecia areata who experienced hair restoration following homeopathic treatment aimed at balancing her immune system over a 6-month follow-up.

This case report describes a boy with hypothalamic hamartoma experiencing pubertas precox and gelastic seizures, where leuprorelin therapy's effect on pubertas precox was controversial, but valproic acid effectively managed gelastic seizures.

This case report highlights that hair loss, though common in the general population, may be a rare presenting symptom of Cushing's disease, as observed in a woman with multiple dermatological signs of the condition.

This study found that a high dose of epidermal growth factor induced hair loss in sheep by causing apoptosis in anagen hair and transitioning the hair cycle to catagen.

This description of dystrophy hypotrichosis associated with juvenile macular dystrophy provides an overview of this rare disorder characterized by short hair from birth and progressive loss of central vision but reports no new findings.

This study concluded that an endogenous circannual rhythm of prolactin secretion in mouflon influences their seasonal hair growth and moulting cycle, which varies under different photoperiodic and melatonin treatments.

This study found that patients with non-classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency do not appear to be at risk of short adult stature despite increased bone age in childhood.

In this retrospective study of 29 patients with scalp burn alopecia, researchers utilized a simple method involving tissue expansion to reconstruct the temporal and lateral sideburn areas, resulting in satisfactory, symmetrical, and standardized aesthetic outcomes according to both objective and subjective evaluations.

This report describes two cases of VKH disease and SO where severe alopecia, likely due to incomplete treatment, improved following systemic steroid therapy.

This case study reported a rare and delayed onset of alopecia in a patient after paclitaxel chemotherapy, potentially influenced by the interaction of thyroid hormones and chemotherapy affecting hair follicle cycles.

This case report highlights that a patient with resistance to thyroid hormone was misdiagnosed as having Graves’ disease, leading to unnecessary radioactive iodine treatment.

This report describes an 11-year-old boy with Netherton syndrome who developed Cushing syndrome after using low-potency hydrocortisone ointment extensively, highlighting caution with long-term topical treatments in such conditions.

This case study highlights the challenges of diagnosing hyperandrogenism in postmenopausal women, reporting a patient with androgenic alopecia and high testosterone due to a benign Leydig cell tumor in the ovary; surgery successfully normalized testosterone levels.

This study found that for thyroid cancer patients who underwent radical mastectomy, the combination of CAF regimen and fufangbanmao capsule improved short-term clinical efficacy, enhanced immune function, reduced drug toxicity, and positively impacted quality of life compared to the CAF regimen alone.

In this review, researchers provided a comprehensive analysis of anti-androgen therapies for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS/PCOS), examining their efficacy and safety while proposing a phenotype-guided management framework and highlighting research gaps, such as long-term cardiovascular safety and predictive biomarkers.

This updated guideline from the Endocrine Society highlights the importance of endocrinologists in providing safe and effective hormone regimens for gender-affirming care, especially for adolescents who have entered puberty.

In this study, researchers observed that fasting-induced molting in laying hens led to increased thyroid hormones, which may regulate feather molting by affecting hair follicle growth through specific signaling pathways, highlighting molecular changes during induced molting.

In this case report, localized myxedema of the scalp was identified in a patient with Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis, emphasizing the varied skin manifestations in autoimmune thyroid conditions.

This study suggests that a lifestyle program incorporating nutrition education, exercise, and behavior therapy can improve reproductive and metabolic outcomes in some obese teenage girls with PCOS who successfully lose weight.

In this study, patients with alopecia areata showed altered hypothalamic activity and connectivity, which may be linked to the neurophysiological basis of psychological stress experienced by these patients, as assessed by functional MRI and correlated with neuropsychological evaluations.

This review discusses factors affecting fertility in both men and women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and emphasizes individualized preconception management but reports no new clinical results.

This study found that patients with hypothyroidism at a tertiary hospital in South India most commonly exhibited skin dryness (xerosis/ichthyosis) and swelling of the feet (pedal oedema).

GABAergic steroid precursors reduce ethanol withdrawal symptoms in certain mice.

This study highlights how sex steroids affect hair growth, reporting that testosterone used in masculinizing hormone therapy can lead to androgenetic alopecia in transgender individuals, while feminizing hormone therapy with estradiol and antiandrogens can reduce hirsutism.

In this study, oral prednisolone pulse therapy led to significant hair regrowth in some patients with extensive alopecia areata, whereas no improvement was seen in the placebo group.

This source reports that while effective treatments for hereditary hypotrichosis simplex have been limited, recent studies show promising results using interventions such as minoxidil, topical gentamicin, and platelet-rich plasma injections.

This review discusses various management methods for adolescents with PCOS, highlighting lifestyle modifications and pharmaceuticals like metformin and oral contraceptives, but reports no new clinical results; the authors emphasize individualized treatment plans.

In this study, nearly half of the female patients with androgenetic alopecia reported symptoms of hormonal disorders, but hormone test results did not show significant abnormalities.