Search

everythingexperts & clinicslearnfaqsresearchcommunity

for

Search:↓

In this study, testosterone use in gender-minority patients was associated with significantly worse androgenetic alopecia severity scores, while feminizing hormone therapy did not significantly change hair loss severity.

Taking 5 mg/day finasteride can cause side effects in women with hair loss, but these are usually mild and fade over time, making the treatment beneficial in the long run.

This study found that tianeptine may suppress the transition to catagen, promoting hair growth in a stress-induced alopecia areata mouse model.

The document concludes that early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for managing skin diseases in ferrets.

In this study using C57BL/6N mice, the researchers found that skin thickness, mast cell counts, and immunoreactive density of certain cytokines increased at various stages of hair follicle growth following depilation.

Pressure from surgical headrests can cause temporary hair loss in liver donors.

This study observed significant skin changes, including epidermal thickening and pleomorphic keratinocytes, in rats after subchronic UVB irradiation, highlighting specific reactions in the dorsal skin.

Stress may affect hair growth by influencing hair follicle development and could contribute to hair loss.

In this study on mouse preputial glands, suppressing ATG7-dependent autophagy delayed age-related changes, affected lipid metabolism, and reduced pheromone production, highlighting autophagy's roles in glandular homeostasis and cell breakdown.

This case report describes the first known occurrence of urticaria pigmentosa in a domestic shorthair cat, where oral dexamethasone and cetirizine hydrochloride offered effective management following a comprehensive diagnostic work-up.

Caspase-7 has functions in skin and hair that are not related to cell death.

This review discusses the roles of distinct immune cell types in skin wound healing, highlighting findings from animal studies, but provides no new clinical results.

This study found that glycyrrhetinic acid, derived from licorice, may help alleviate acne symptoms by regulating lipid synthesis and inflammatory responses through multiple pathways, as observed in both in vitro and in vivo settings.

This consensus document discusses guidelines for gender-affirming hormone therapy in India, offering recommendations based on a review of existing evidence and expert input, without reporting new clinical results.

This study found that electric shaving was the most effective and safest method for preoperative hair removal in mice, compared to depilatory cream and sodium sulfide, which negatively affected wound healing.

The guideline provides healthcare professionals in South Africa with instructions for comprehensive, multidisciplinary gender-affirming care, including HIV prevention and treatment for transgender and gender diverse individuals.

This review examines the long-term health risks of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse in athletes, reporting various physical and psychological side effects without sufficient benefits.

This study found that men aged 18-40 with moderate to severe psychosocial impairment from male androgenetic alopecia had a higher risk of sexual dysfunction.

In this study, the researchers found that combining physical dermabrasion with chemical peeling increased growth factors and neuropeptides more than chemical peeling alone in porcine skin samples.

This review examines changes in hair physiology and treatment options for transgender patients on hormonal therapy but reports no new clinical findings, offering treatment recommendations based on the authors' experiences.

This study found that hair analysis is an effective non-invasive method for assessing metabolic fluctuations, showing stable advanced glycation end products levels that correlate with age and differ significantly between diabetic and non-diabetic rats.

In this study, topical naringin was found to significantly improve dermatitis severity and reduce inflammatory markers in a mouse model of atopic dermatitis, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent for this condition.

This study developed and validated a comprehensive method using mass spectrometry to profile sex (pro)hormones in plasma, with results showing reliable calibration and detection of 31 analytes in samples from pre- and postmenopausal women and men, while addressing potential over- or underestimations in analyte concentrations.

This study found that topical metformin was as effective as triple combination cream in reducing melasma severity, with minimal adverse events.

This review discusses the shared biological mechanisms between allergy and autoimmunity, emphasizing pruritus as a central symptom in psychophysiological dermatoses, and reports no new clinical results.

This review explores disorders of sex development, emphasizing the need for a systematic, multidisciplinary approach and the benefits of genetic testing for better diagnosis and gender assignment planning, but it reports no new clinical findings.

This study presents a new method using UPLC-ESI-MS/MS for analyzing the constituents of a medicinal herbal complex extract, which includes herbs traditionally used to prevent hair loss and promote hair growth; no clinical results were reported.

Some patients with Alopecia Areata experience itch due to immune cells and enzymes that cause itching.

This study suggests that a herbal extract from Gardenia, Mentha arvensis, Rosemary, and Lavender may promote hair growth in mice at a rate comparable to minoxidil.

This case report describes a rare instance where a young woman initially presented with macrophage activation syndrome as the first sign of systemic lupus erythematosus, and ultimately experienced multiorgan failure and death.