12 citations
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January 2007 in “Current problems in dermatology” This review discusses the impact of various exogenous agents on hair, such as cosmetics and radiation, but reports no new experimental results.
127 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of Biological Rhythms” This review discusses the role of the circadian clock in skin functions such as cell proliferation and UV protection and reports no new results; the authors note its potential in studying immune regulation and seasonal behaviors.
86 citations
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October 2017 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for epidermal cancer and premalignant epidermal neoplasia, and it reports no new clinical findings.
16 citations
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March 2019 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This review discusses the relationship between vitamin D and various skin diseases but reports no new clinical results, emphasizing the need to assess and correct vitamin D deficiencies.
13 citations
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April 2019 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This review discusses the relationship between vitamin D and various skin diseases, highlighting recent findings on its role and the importance of assessing and correcting vitamin D levels, but reports no new clinical results.
8 citations
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July 2020 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” This review hypothesizes that excessive facial photo-protection may contribute to frontal fibrosing alopecia by disrupting immunological homeostasis through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-kynurenine pathway, but it reports no new clinical results.
5 citations
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November 2020 in “EBioMedicine” This study reports a novel diagnostic method for latent circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder using circadian gene oscillations from hair follicle cells to improve sleep disorder differentiation and potential therapeutic intervention.
1 citations
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May 2009 in “Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie” This article reviews environmental factors contributing to androgenic alopecia and emphasizes the importance of giving patients advice to manage hair loss; it reports no new clinical findings.
July 2026 in “Open Science Framework” This review identifies higher radiation doses and larger scalp exposure as major factors in radiation-induced alopecia, highlights prevention techniques like IMRT and proton therapy, and discusses management options such as minoxidil and hair transplantation, but notes limited evidence for these treatments.
December 2025 in “International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science” This study systematically reviewed dermatological conditions affecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals, highlighting that testosterone therapy can induce acne in 25–88% of transgender men and alopecia after over two years, while dermatologic care must consider both medical and social complexities.
November 2023 in “Cureus” In this study conducted in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, most participants were aware of vitamin D, zinc, and ferritin deficiencies and their link to hair loss, but only about a third practiced daily sun exposure and vitamin supplement use, highlighting a need for improved health education.
June 2023 in “Journal of multidisciplinary sciences” This review examines the potential link between polycystic ovary syndrome and reproductive cancers, highlighting possible underlying causes as well as the ongoing debate over the cancer risk in these patients.
March 2023 in “Chinese Journal of Dermatology” Protecting hair and scalp from sunlight may help prevent hair loss.
August 2026 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” In this case report, a 27-year-old woman experienced severe multisystem toxicity, including toxic encephalopathy, vision, and hearing loss, after ingesting selenium at occupationally high doses, suggesting such exposure can lead to previously unreported effects of vision and hearing impairment.
1 citations
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August 2024 in “Polish Journal of Environmental Studies” This study reviewed 54 articles to examine how continuous exposure to air pollution causes hair damage, hair loss, and scalp conditions due to oxidative stress and inflammation, and highlighted anti-inflammatory substances that could mitigate these effects.
April 2012 in “Lab Animal” Early exposure to germs may protect against autoimmune diseases, lack of sex increases alcohol preference in fruit flies, a potential baldness treatment could involve blocking a specific receptor, skin memory cells help prevent re-infection, high-fat diets can affect brain cells related to weight, and the link between social status, stress, and heart disease in primates is unclear.
July 2025 in “Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics” This review discusses how pesticide exposure leads to hair loss and explores therapeutic options, including conventional and gene therapies, as well as herbal remedies like ginseng and green tea, which may counteract these effects by addressing the toxicological impact on hair follicles.
18 citations
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March 2009 in “Medical Hypotheses” This review discusses the potential link between long-term transdermal exposure to sex hormones from antiperspirants and increased breast and prostate cancer rates, calling for further research to confirm this theory.
20 citations
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November 2019 in “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health” This study found that high exposure to air pollutants like SO2, NO, NO2, NOx, and PM2.5 was linked to a significantly increased risk of developing PCOS in women.
March 2024 in “GSC Advanced Research and Reviews” This study observed that exposure to different wavelengths of light affects opsin and clock gene responses in skin cells, suggesting potential therapeutic approaches using photobiomodulation for dermatological conditions like psoriasis and wound healing.
18 citations
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July 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review discusses the potential impact of volatile organic compound exposure on the onset and progression of autoimmune diseases and reports no new experimental findings.
37 citations
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June 2021 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review discusses how acute exposures to environmental and internal stressors can quickly alter skin functions, leading to various dermatological symptoms, and calls for more research on these short-term effects.
48 citations
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October 2011 in “Sports Medicine” This review covers dermatological conditions experienced by ice-skating athletes due to cold exposure, infections, and inflammation, providing no new clinical findings and emphasizing diagnosis and treatment strategies.
5 citations
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January 2010 in “International journal of trichology” This report describes two cases of alopecia totalis treated with turban psoralen and sunlight exposure, but it provides no clinical outcome results.
August 2025 in “Aesthetic Cosmetology and Medicine” In this article, researchers explored how blue light exposure affects the scalp and hair follicles, highlighting oxidative stress and hair growth disruptions, while emphasizing the importance of protective strategies like antioxidants and limiting light exposure.
77 citations
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July 2020 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review examines the skin exposome, including solar exposure, air pollution, hormones, nutrition, and psychological factors, but reports no new clinical results.
104 citations
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June 2020 in “Journal of Endocrinology” This study suggests that in rats, maternal hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance lead to activation of ferroptosis in the gravid uterus and placenta, mediated by different molecular and cellular mechanisms.
September 2016 in “Case Reports in Internal Medicine” This case report presents a patient with diabetes mellitus thought to be secondary to chronic arsenic exposure, highlighting the potential need to evaluate heavy metal toxicity in similar cases.
7 citations
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January 2022 in “Animal Reproduction” This review examines rodent models to explore how maternal conditions like undernutrition, obesity, hypoxia, and androgen exposure affect fetal programming and metabolic outcomes in offspring, but presents no new clinical findings.
4 citations
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October 2022 in “Frontiers in public health” In this study on C57BL/6 mice, researchers found that cadmium chloride exposure led to metabolic disruption, accelerated skin aging, and impaired hair regeneration, with more severe effects observed at higher doses.