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Environmental factors and chemicals might affect hormone balance and contribute to common hair loss.

Certain hormone medications can treat symptoms like acne and unwanted hair, regulate periods, and prevent pregnancy in women and teenage girls.

Hormones, especially androgens, play a big role in acne, but most acne sufferers don't have a hormone disorder. Hormonal treatments, including birth control pills, can be very effective for women whose acne doesn't improve with regular treatments.

Hormonal contraceptives are effective for teens but require careful consideration of side effects and individual health.

Hormonal treatments can help with acne, especially in women, by lowering androgen levels or blocking their effects.

Melatonin may help treat PCOS symptoms in rats.

Antiandrogens have important biological effects, but more research is needed to understand them fully and compare their effectiveness and side effects to other treatments.

Melatonin treatment helps improve skin health in postmenopausal rats.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder in women that can cause infertility and other health issues, and it may be improved by treatments that increase insulin sensitivity.

Some drugs can cause hair loss or increase hair growth, but these effects are usually reversible when the drug is stopped.

Most hair loss in children is caused by a few common conditions, and it's important to diagnose these properly and support the child's mental health.

Dr. Vera H. Price's 1979 work emphasizes the importance of accurate diagnosis and personalized treatment for hair loss.

A 6-year-old girl with Turner syndrome also had psoriasis, alopecia areata, and trachyonychia.

Excess androgens may cause PCOS, not just be a symptom.

Higher testosterone harms sperm motility, while higher estradiol improves sperm survival.

The method accurately measures 19 steroid hormones in human blood and urine using a small sample and is suitable for large-scale monitoring.

Understanding how androgens and their receptors work can lead to improved treatments for skin diseases.

As people age, their hair follicles produce less pigment, leading to gray and white hair, due to factors like reduced enzyme activity and damage to melanocyte DNA.

The skin acts like an endocrine organ, producing hormones that affect various body functions and skin health, and understanding this can lead to new treatments.

Cyproterone acetate-estrogen most effective for hirsutism, but consider side effects and patient needs.

All treatments reduce hair growth; low dose flutamide most effective with fewer side effects.

Testosterone patches can modestly improve sexual function in postmenopausal women not on estrogen therapy.

Men born very underweight had higher estrogen levels but normal reproduction compared to normal birth weight men.

Exposure to low doses of finasteride in the womb causes changes in the prostate of both male and female gerbils.

A man's breast enlargement from low-dose finasteride for hair loss didn't go away, even with treatment, and might be more common than reported.

Testosterone replacement can help women with low libido and mood, but they need to have enough estrogen first to avoid side effects.

Testosterone therapy can help postmenopausal women with low sexual desire but needs more safety research and should be used with estrogen therapy.

Balding men had lower bone density, while balding women had higher hip bone density.

Estrogen deficiency can reduce the enzyme activity needed to activate vitamin D.

Local hormonal treatment for vulvovaginal atrophy is likely safe for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer on aromatase inhibitors.