This review discusses loose anagen hair syndrome, a benign and self-limited condition predominantly affecting children, and highlights the importance of differentiating it from other hair disorders like telogen effluvium and trichotillomania, but reports no new results.
This case study reports that a 14-year-old female with loose anagen hair syndrome and trichotillomania initially improved with topical minoxidil and counseling, but relapsed after a year, highlighting treatment challenges.
October 2021 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” A Saudi girl was diagnosed with Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome, a rare condition causing easy hair loss without scarring.
This case report describes a 14-year-old girl with Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome successfully treated with a combination of oral Minoxidil and Silicon supplements.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that multidisciplinary group medical visits for patients with alopecia areata improved patient satisfaction, knowledge, and access to care at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center.
March 2026 in “Journal of Health Wellness and Community Research” In this study of young adults in Lahore, Pakistan, researchers reported a 55.2% prevalence of premature graying before age 30, commonly linked with factors like family history, nutritional deficiencies, hair loss, oily scalp, anxiety, and smoking.
March 2025 in “Journal of College of Physicians And Surgeons Pakistan” In this cross-sectional survey conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, 64% of LGBTQ participants experienced dermatological conditions such as androgenic alopecia, atopic eczema, melasma, and infections like scabies, highlighting the need for specialized dermatological care within this community.
April 2022 in “Journal of Fatima Jinnah Medical University” This study found that individuals who recovered from COVID-19 in Lahore commonly experienced long-lasting symptoms like fatigue, which significantly reduced their quality of life across multiple domains.
This study observed that exposure to white phosphorus bombs in crowded areas like Lahore markets was associated with significant personal and emotional harm, including generalized weakness, psychological trauma, and physical injuries such as ear drum rupture.
December 2024 in “Cureus” This study observed that among breast cancer patients at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, common chemotherapy side effects impacted dietary patterns, leading many patients to be moderately malnourished, while 82% were overweight or obese, posing a higher risk of cancer recurrence.
January 2026 in “International Journal of Dermatology Research” This case report discusses a young girl with loose anagen hair syndrome, highlighting the importance of recognizing the condition early to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments, and noting her spontaneous improvement with conservative management.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Trichology” This report describes a rare case of loose anagen hair syndrome in a young Indian child, highlighting its clinical and trichoscopic features.
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June 2000 in “Experimental dermatology” This study investigated a spontaneous mutation in mice resulting in hair abnormalities and elevated IgE levels, which resembles human Netherton's syndrome and monilethrix.
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February 2021 in “JCPSP. Journal of the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan” This study investigated the relationship between early-onset androgenetic alopecia and metabolic syndrome in younger males, but the abstract does not report specific results.
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April 2002 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study found that a keratin mutation may cause diffuse partial woolly hair associated with loose anagen hair syndrome in some families, but other genetic factors could play a role in different cases.
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August 2025 in “Cureus” In this study conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Teaching Hospital in Pakistan, researchers found that preoperative use of finasteride significantly reduced intraoperative blood loss and shortened hospital stay for benign prostatic hyperplasia patients undergoing bipolar TURP, compared to those not receiving finasteride.
December 2025 in “Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences” This case report describes a man who developed localized acquired hypertrichosis due to inflammation and local pressure from over 20 years of working in mining, finding no statistical difference in hair thickness between his shoulders.
This study observed that a combination treatment of 2% topical minoxidil and oral vitamin D significantly improved hair density and vitamin D levels in women with female pattern hair loss, compared to minoxidil or vitamin D used alone.
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July 2015 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This study reports that a homozygous A1103G mutation in DSG 4 is responsible for localized autosomal recessive hypotrichosis in a 2-year-old Chinese girl, resulting in reduced DSG 4 expression and hair defects.
September 2025 in “The Professional Medical Journal” In this study, 5mg oral minoxidil given daily for 24 weeks significantly increased hair thickness and scalp appearance among 27 male patients with androgenetic alopecia, although some experienced side effects like hypertrichosis and mild headaches.
This study explored a mother and daughter with loose anagen hair syndrome linked to wooly hair, identifying an intronic variant in the KRT71 gene that affects hair keratin splicing, thus broadening the spectrum of KRT71-related disorders.
August 2023 in “Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists” This study found that platelet-rich plasma therapy was highly effective for patients with mild to moderate androgenic alopecia, showing promise as a cost-effective and safe treatment option.
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January 2020 in “JAAD Case Reports” This report describes a patient with symptoms suggestive of both loose anagen hair syndrome and uncombable hair syndrome, adding to previous instances of overlapping features between these conditions.
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February 2022 in “Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal” This study found that women with PCOS reported significant appearance-related distress and social anxiety, especially in social settings.
March 2025 in “Pakistan journal of physiology.” This hospital-based cross-sectional study found that a substantial proportion of women with female pattern hair loss also had metabolic syndrome, with no significant differences in frequency across age, disease duration, or hair loss pattern subgroups.
October 2024 in “Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists” In this study, 51.1% of patients with androgenetic alopecia showed more than 50% improvement after undergoing five microneedling sessions at four-week intervals.
December 2022 in “Biological and Clinical Sciences Research Journal” This study found that among mixed connective tissue disease patients in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Raynaud phenomenon was the most common clinical feature, present in 80% of patients.
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January 2017 in “Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatology” This study found that cutaneous manifestations in children with systemic lupus erythematosus differ from adults, with no female preponderance and less frequent photosensitivity and vascular lesions.
December 2024 in “Journal of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan” This study found that injecting autologous PRP significantly reduced the healing time of superficial wound dehiscence after Pfannenstiel incision surgery to an average of 15.80 days, compared to 20.30 days for conventional wound care alone.
July 2023 in “Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists” PRP injections are more effective than triamcinolone for treating alopecia areata.