20 citations,
December 1997 in “Clinical Endocrinology” Spironolactone may help reduce hair loss in androgenic alopecia.
32 citations,
July 2017 in “Oncotarget” Alternating treatment with two drugs could help cells in a rapid aging disease.
32 citations,
May 2006 in “The Journal of Urology” Using finasteride with TIP extends time off period for prostate cancer patients.
29 citations,
September 2004 in “Fertility and Sterility” Intermittent low-dose finasteride works as well as daily use for treating excessive hair growth in women.
23 citations,
February 2014 in “Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology” Low-dose finasteride reduces excessive hair growth in teenage girls safely and affordably.
14 citations,
August 2022 in “Lupus Science & Medicine” SLE patients experience two patterns of non-inflammatory symptoms: intermittent and persistent.
10 citations,
January 2017 in “Skin appendage disorders” Emotional stress can trigger intermittent hair loss in chronic telogen effluvium, which may not improve with treatment if stress continues.
2 citations,
August 2022 in “Clinical Case Reports” A 17-year-old girl had severe, on-and-off hair loss, likely due to COVID-19. She was treated with Vitamin D3, biotin, and other supplements, and saw some improvement within a month.
1 citations,
October 1990 in “The Lancet” Using minoxidil for hair growth may cause skin lesions in some people, and taking breaks from nitrate patches for angina might worsen symptoms.
Intermittent fasting slows hair growth by damaging hair follicle cells.
May 2022 in “Authorea (Authorea)” A 17-year-old girl has had repeated hair loss since childhood, which can be triggered by infections like COVID-19.
January 2018 in “International journal of food and nutrition research” Intermittent iron and nutritional supplements can help reduce hair loss.
January 2012 in “Yearbook of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” Low-dose isotretinoin is as effective as conventional doses for acne and has fewer side effects.
September 1998 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” Intermittent isotretinoin can cause various skin, hair, and nail changes.
9 citations,
September 2009 in “The Prostate” Finasteride doesn't improve survival in LNCaP tumor model during off-cycle of therapy.
35 citations,
January 2012 in “The Journal of Sexual Medicine” Androgen Deprivation Therapy for prostate cancer often reduces sexual function but intermittent therapy may be more tolerable.
December 2022 in “Türk biyokimya dergisi” The conclusions are: fecal short-chain fatty acids may help prevent cancer, fiber intake can reduce obesity, weight loss is hard for obese people, low BMI cancer patients are more prone to chemotherapy side effects, intermittent fasting benefits gut health, cherry laurel has health benefits in rats, certain gene variations can increase stress in hair loss patients, fecal acids can affect blood sugar levels, cold agglutinin can affect blood test results in autoimmune patients, and people with Crohn's disease have higher levels of a certain chemical in their blood.
8 citations,
December 2016 in “Hormone Research in Paediatrics” Tunisian children with hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets showed improvement with calcium treatment, and new genetic mutations were identified.
September 2016 in “한국임상약학회지” Ibuprofen, menthol, and cetirizine may help prevent or slow hair loss.
January 2013 in “The Pan African medical journal” Monilethrix causes short, fragile hair with no specific treatment available.
November 2007 in “Pediatrics in review” A boy with long QT syndrome was treated successfully, highlighting the need for careful evaluation of chest pain in children for heart conditions like LQTS.
December 2009 in “Pediatrics in review” A girl with Crohn's disease had a hairball causing bowel obstruction, which was removed, and she recovered well.
44 citations,
March 1947 in “Endocrinology” Thiourea compounds affect hair growth and pigmentation in black rats.
38 citations,
April 2018 in “Psychopharmacology/Psychopharmacologia” Blocking CRF-R1 can reduce alcohol intake in stressed mice.
8 citations,
January 2018 in “Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases” A man with complete hair loss and ulcerative colitis regrew hair after treatment with azathioprine.
1 citations,
February 2023 in “Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine” Primary care should recognize and treat hair loss in hijab-wearing individuals with cultural sensitivity.
1 citations,
September 2019 in “BMC veterinary research” Malarone® caused pancreatitis and hair loss in a dog for the first time.
1 citations,
August 2019 in “Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej” A patient with lupus experienced a condition where their immune cells became overactive.
September 2022 in “JAAD case reports” The man has a genetic skin condition called pachyonychia congenita.
The man has Temporal Triangular Alopecia, a stable, non-scarring hair loss condition best treated with hair transplantation.