April 2023 in “Dohuk medical journal” This review discusses the use of trichoscopy for diagnosing alopecia and reports no new clinical results, emphasizing its role in identifying vascular and follicular features.
January 2023 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This study found that ALRV5XR showed the highest efficacy for terminal hair regrowth in both men and women with androgenetic alopecia, with less treatment resistance compared to other therapies.
April 2022 in “Journal of advances in medicine and medical research” This study found that applying topical minoxidil 5% twice daily for 24 weeks increased hair density and width in men with androgenetic alopecia, although the change in clinical hair grading was not statistically significant.
February 2022 in “Chinese Journal of Dermatology” This report presents a case of cicatricial female pattern hair loss in a 36-year-old woman, treated with topical minoxidil, tacrolimus, clobetasol, and oral medications, resulting in stabilized hair loss over six months.
December 2021 in “Skin appendage disorders” This study developed and validated an objective dermoscopic severity score for evaluating female pattern hair loss, which may serve as a supplementary outcome measure in therapeutic trials.
March 2017 in “Hair transplant forum international” This study found that East and Southeast Asians exhibited lower donor hair density and more miniaturized hairs compared to West and South Asians in hair transplantation settings.
July 2022 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” This source discusses the characteristics and clinical presentation of androgenetic alopecia, emphasizing the importance of early recognition and grading for administering therapy and the role of trichoscopy in diagnosis and monitoring treatment response.
June 2018 in “Advances in Cosmetic Surgery” Hair loss caused by genetics and hormones; more research needed for treatments.
May 2015 in “Hair transplant forum international” This review discusses androgenetic alopecia and reports no clinical findings; the authors highlight a need for further research.
November 1999 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” Treatments for hair loss include hormone modifiers, minoxidil, and hair transplant surgery.
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May 2013 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” In this study, detailed examinations of alopecic lesions in two female Cronkhite-Canada syndrome patients suggested hair regrowth might occur without systemic corticosteroids if not required for gastrointestinal treatment, and hair loss may begin with anagen-telogen transition.
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October 1988 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This paper discusses androgenetic alopecia, its causes, synonyms, and patterns, but reports no new findings or clinical results.
August 2024 in “Nutrients” This study found that a combination of probiotic strains of Lactiplantibacillus administered over 16 weeks reduced the number and density of telogen hairs in individuals with androgenic alopecia, while increasing the abundance of Lactobacillus in their gut microbiota.
May 2023 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this viewpoint, researchers discussed the possible role of the developmental origin of scalp dermis in influencing the specific pattern of hair follicle miniaturization seen in male pattern hair loss, noting that frontal follicles are more susceptible while occipital follicles remain largely terminal.
July 2008 in “Expert Review of Dermatology” This review discusses common mistakes in follicular unit transplantation and provides guidance for practitioners to enhance patient outcomes, but reports no new clinical results.
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June 2018 in “International Journal of Women's Dermatology” This article discusses treatments for female pattern hair loss, highlighting that oral antiandrogens and topical minoxidil can effectively arrest progression and reverse miniaturization in many patients with mild-to-moderate cases, but it reports no new clinical results.
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October 1988 in “Clinics in Dermatology” Minoxidil can help grow hair and make hair follicles bigger, but it can also cause side effects.
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March 2011 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found evidence of increased DNA methylation of the androgen receptor gene in occipital hair follicles from men with androgenetic alopecia.
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January 2018 in “BioMed Research International” This review summarizes recent findings on scalp involvement in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, highlighting diagnostic methods and their underlying histopathological, immunopathological, and clinical features, but reports no new clinical results.
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June 2024 in “JAAD Case Reports” Tirzepatide may improve hair loss by reducing insulin resistance.
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January 2019 in “Skin Research and Technology” In this study, reduced hair density, diameter, and follicle miniaturization were key characteristics of female pattern hair loss in Southern Chinese women, with occipital and temporal sites also affected.
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August 2014 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This study found that clinically non-affected perilesional scalp in Japanese alopecia patients often showed microscopic abnormalities, which may help in assessing the spread of disease activities.
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September 2017 in “Skin appendage disorders” This case report describes the first dermoscopic evaluation of alopecia areata-like disease in a dog, where the condition mirrored human cases in terms of clinical presentation and treatment response.
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April 2002 in “Medical Hypotheses” Hormones cause hair loss by affecting cell growth and weakening cell attraction.
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March 1998 in “Aesthetic Surgery Journal” This article discusses treatment approaches for a 33-year-old man with progressive hair loss, including the potential use of scalp reduction surgery, and reports no new clinical results.
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January 1989 in “PubMed” This paper discusses various histologic features to distinguish types of alopecia and reports no new clinical findings.
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July 2018 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This commentary discusses how common latent viruses might contribute to male-pattern baldness through mechanisms involving transcription factor deficiency and overexpression of specific proteins, based on a concept called microcompetition; it reports no new research results.
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May 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study examined 15 female patients with hypothyroidism to investigate the characterization of their alopecia and ruled out other causes, using medical histories, and clinical, trichoscopic, and histologic findings.
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October 2017 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” In this study, focal atrichia was associated with late-onset female pattern hair loss, providing a clinical clue to its diagnosis, particularly separating it from other hair disorders.
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April 2017 in “PubMed” This review discusses the connection between hair follicles and dermal adipose tissue, suggesting that improving the adipogenic environment could be important for treating alopecia and enhancing hair restoration procedures, but reports no new results.