Search

everythingexperts & clinicslearnfaqsresearchcommunity

for

Search:↓

This article examines advancements in understanding and managing androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness), discussing genetic and psychological factors, diagnostic methods, classifications, and various treatment options, including traditional and emerging therapies, to aid healthcare professionals in making informed treatment decisions.

A mutation in the KRT74 gene causes woolly hair by affecting hair texture.

This review discusses clinical studies on low-level laser therapy for various types of hair loss and suggests it may be promising for those unresponsive to conventional treatments, but reports no new clinical results.

This source discusses androgenetic alopecia, noting that male patients may transition from topical minoxidil to its systemic form or from finasteride to dutasteride for potentially better results, while female patients might require extensive lab testing to identify hyperandrogenism due to environmental triggers.

In this systematic review, researchers reported that various types of laser therapy effectively treat hidradenitis suppurativa at different severity stages, with each laser offering specific benefits such as lesion removal, inflammation reduction, and improved quality of life.

This study found that diode laser effectively reduces unwanted facial hair in darker skin types and reported no serious adverse events, suggesting that trichoscopy is an underutilized tool for assessing laser hair reduction outcomes.

This study found that UV laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy can effectively differentiate between types of alopecia in patients, showing a high correlation between blood circulation levels and tissue autofluorescence intensity.

This study found that the maximum infrared temperature of laser-irradiated hair depends on melanin type, with eumelanin-rich hair reaching higher temperatures than pheomelanin-containing hair.

Laser hair removal is generally effective, with results varying by laser type and patient.

This study observed that postlaser hair removal hypertrichosis occurred in 0.6% of patients and appeared more common in darker skin types, but was a rare phenomenon overall.

This abstract provides no research findings or results; it outlines services and content types available through a health publishing platform.

This review discusses advancements in laser hair removal technologies and the potential role of radiofrequency for certain hair types, but it reports no new clinical results.

This study suggests that laser hair removal, when carefully tailored to the individual's skin type, can potentially reduce the psychological impact of excessive hair in children and adolescents, even those with darker skin tones.

This study reviews the use of lasers and light therapies as treatment options for managing the two most common types of alopecia—androegenetic alopecia and alopecia areata—highlighting that existing FDA-approved drugs like minoxidil and finasteride are partially effective, necessitating additional therapeutic approaches.

In this study, stable types of leucoderma such as segmental vitiligo and piebaldism showed 100% repigmentation after melanocyte transplantation, suggesting surgery as the preferred method for these conditions.

This systematic review found that light and laser therapies, including excimer and erbium-glass lasers, generally increase hair density and diameter in various types of alopecia, with particularly notable effects in androgenic alopecia but limited efficacy in telogen effluvium.

This study reviewed the effectiveness of long pulse 1,064-nm Nd:YAG laser treatments for leg veins, hair removal, and skin rejuvenation, highlighting its safety, particularly for darker skin types, due to reduced pigmentary side effect risks.

This review discusses laser-assisted hair removal, covering hair follicle biology, laser physics, types, and clinical applications, but presents no new clinical findings.

This study found that both fractional and excimer lasers are effective in increasing hair density and promoting regrowth in various types of alopecia, although further trials are needed to compare their efficacy to more traditional treatments.

In this study, diode laser treatment for hair removal effectively reduced hair across different ethnicities and Fitzpatrick skin types, though side effects like sensitivity, hyperpigmentation, and burns varied by ethnicity and number of treatments. However, these were temporary and did not compromise overall treatment success.

In this study, low-level laser/LED therapy significantly increased hair density in patients with androgenetic alopecia compared to placebo over 4 to 26 weeks; however, the efficacy for other alopecia types remains unclear, requiring further research.

This study found that MAP-2 is intensely expressed in the companion layer of the hair follicle, suggesting its potential importance to follicle integrity and possible involvement in some types of alopecia.

This report presents a case of a female with PCOS treated with metformin who developed hyperuricemia, severe joint and neurological pain, and later experienced a hypersensitivity reaction to benzathine benzyl penicillin.

This study found that metabolic adaptations in skin epithelial stem cells, specifically redox ratio recovery and glycolytic flux modulation, define competitive outcomes between wild-type and mutant cells in different oncogenic environments.

This case report presented a female with PCOS treated with metformin who developed hyperuricemia, migraine, neurological and joint pain, and rheumatic fever, later showing a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to benzathine benzyl penicillin treatment.

This article discusses the use of low-level laser therapy for hair regrowth in men and women but reports no new clinical results; it reviews types of lasers and evidence from animal and human studies.

This study observed that five cases of primary cicatricial alopecia showed an excellent response to a combination of oral zinc and long-pulsed Nd:YAG 1064-nm laser treatment, suggesting this approach may be beneficial for certain types of this condition.

In this case report, a 46-year-old woman initially diagnosed with 21-hydroxylase deficiency congenital adrenal hyperplasia was later identified as having 3β-HSD2 deficiency after further investigation, highlighting the need for awareness of rarer CAH forms to prevent delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment.

This article reviews various types of primary cicatricial alopecias and emphasizes the importance of accurate diagnosis to improve management strategies, particularly detailing remaining lymphocytic forms and expanding on neutrophilic and mixed types.

This review describes various types of folliculitis based on their causes, clinical manifestations, and treatments, but reports no new clinical results.