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This commentary discusses a study reporting that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment led to increased hair growth in androgenetic alopecia patients, while critiquing its conclusion on the ineffectiveness of microneedling.

This letter highlights the lack of evidence on managing persistent alopecia induced by chemotherapy and endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients, noting that prior studies have not included endocrine therapy-induced alopecia.

The author clarifies observations from their earlier article on psoriatic alopecia, including three types of hair loss associated with psoriasis, particularly noting hair loss within lesions due to dystrophic anagen follicles.

A woman got melanoma on her scalp after anti-hair loss treatment with injections.

Finasteride for female hair loss has low side effects, more research needed.

This article reports on a partial regrowth of scalp hair in a patient treated with extracorporeal photochemotherapy and interferon α 2a, but provides no new clinical outcomes.

This study found that vitamin D levels in children with autoimmune alopecia were often below optimal, but did not suggest a need for extra vitamin D screening beyond standard practices.

This article argues that polysomnographic studies recommended for factitious leg ulcers in patients may be based on faulty assumptions about causality related to unusual sleep disorders.

This study found that men with a paternal history of hair loss were significantly more likely to experience hair loss themselves.

This study found that acute telogen effluvium after COVID-19 typically began about 1.5 months post-infection and resolved sooner than typical cases, with most resolving in under two months.

This article notes slow progression and spontaneous stabilization in untreated cases of a specific scarring alopecia and reports no new results; the authors call for randomized trials to confirm the treatment's benefit.

This study found that sows consuming beet pulp had higher feed intake and improved litter performance during heat stress, while a high-fiber diet enhanced insulin levels, suggesting dietary fiber's importance for reproductive and metabolic health in sows.

This study developed a method for extracting proteins from micro-sized human head hairs, facilitating proteomic analysis even with limited hair sample availability.

Combination therapy with QR 678 Neo and 5% Minoxidil is most effective for male hair loss.

This study found that overexpression of the enzyme SSAT in a mouse model significantly reduced prostate tumor size and progression, suggesting it could be a promising strategy against prostate cancer.

In this study, researchers found that size polymorphisms in certain hKAP1 genes are linked to the hKAP1.1B and hKAP1.3 genes, arising from intragenic deletions and duplications in Japanese and Caucasian populations.

This review discusses the potential of 4-azasteroids as 5α-reductase inhibitors for treating hirsutism, reporting their promising effects in animal studies but noting no clinical trials have been conducted yet.

Ingrown hairs are a common feature in scarring alopecias due to follicular damage.

This study reported that age and diabetes are major factors influencing trichilemmal cyst development and size, highlighting the importance of these conditions for risk assessment and surgical planning.

This study found that mink pelts with "singe" and "red hip" defects often exhibit split hair tips and altered cuticle structures, which may contribute to their undesired metallic sheen.

Anti-androgens, like finasteride, dutasteride, and spironolactone, may lessen the severity of COVID-19 in men, leading to fewer ICU admissions.

This article is a discussion piece that examines the clinical symptoms of hyperandrogenic women with COVID-19, without reporting new research findings.

This study found that, in Japanese patients with androgenic alopecia, sebaceous glands exhibit increased multilobulation which may be significant in the condition's pathology.

This study identified certain benzopyran derivatives with a bulky tert-butyloxycarbonylamino group as effective KATP channel openers that inhibit insulin secretion in rat pancreatic islets.

This study found that women with nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC-CAH) reported lower sexual function and higher sexual distress compared to those with classic CAH (C-CAH), particularly among those showing signs of androgen excess.

This study found that activating the Nrf2 pathway in human mast cells effectively suppresses degranulation and inflammation induced by substance P.

Artificial dermis used for hair transplantation can reconstruct scalp defects effectively without the need for tissue expansion.

Minoxidil caused hair to grow in unintended areas, like a tail, in a young girl.

Propofol-ketamine and propofol-fentanyl are effective and safe for cosmetic surgery sedation.

In this study, a mechanical model was developed to describe and validate the effectiveness of overnight hair curling, suggesting that combining it with hair fixatives can maintain a desired curl for over a day.