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This study found that administering an alcoholic extract of Mentha spicata leaves significantly reduced testosterone levels and aggressive behavior in female rats with elevated testosterone, suggesting its potential protective role against such symptoms.

This research highlights the potential of emulgel as an advanced topical drug delivery system, offering improved efficacy for hydrophobic medications in treating dermatological conditions and a range of ailments with its dual release control mechanism of gel and emulsion.

This genetic study identified a potential interval for the Marie Unna hypotrichosis gene but found no mutations in the nearby hr gene, suggesting its involvement remains unconfirmed.

In this study, polarized light therapy increased hair regrowth in patients with alopecia areata compared to those who received only minoxidil.

This study found that Rosebay extract significantly reduced dandruff and sebum production, suggesting it may be an effective anti-dandruff ingredient as a complement or alternative to antifungal treatments.

This study observed that the osteopontin-derived peptide FOL-005 inhibited hair growth in human scalp skin models, contrary to its hair growth promotion in mice, supporting further clinical testing for excessive hair growth treatment.

Proteins like aPKC and PDGF-AA, substances like adenosine and ATP, and adipose-derived stem cells all play important roles in hair growth and health, and could potentially be used to treat hair loss and skin conditions.

This article reviews treatment processes and outcomes for transsexualism, reporting improved quality of life and reduced gender dysphoria post-gender reassignment, though increased psychiatric risks remain compared to the general population.

Eating a balanced diet with the right vitamins and minerals is important for healthy hair, but too many supplements can be harmful.

Finasteride significantly increases scalp hair and prevents hair loss in young and middle-aged men.

This study observed that uncommon finasteride side effects included melasma, dry skin, tinnitus, postural hypotension, and oral lesions, with some symptoms persisting after treatment cessation.

This study found that adverse effects of finasteride were more common among right-handed heterosexuals and left-handed homosexuals with androgenic alopecia.

This study found that among men unresponsive to finasteride for androgenic alopecia, 56.25% showed significant hair improvement after six months of dutasteride treatment with reasonable adverse effects.

This study found that mice with a mutant CDP/Cux protein lacking the homeodomain showed severely impaired growth, high postnatal mortality, and reduced fertility, highlighting CDP/Cux's role in developmental regulation.

This guide reviews the biology of sebaceous glands and their evaluation methods, emphasizing their roles beyond lipid production in skin health and disease, and reports no new research results.

The researchers reported that carnosic acid and carnosol, extracts from rosemary leaves, specifically inhibit S. aureus virulence expression, suggesting potential topical treatments for atopic dermatitis flares.

This narrative review discusses the structure and functions of the skin, focusing on its barrier role, self-repair, thermoregulation, and immune functions, and reports no new experimental results.

This study found that autophagy plays a role in sebaceous gland function and sebum composition control in mice lacking the Atg7 gene in keratinocytes.

This study examined the structural and biochemical mechanisms of human lipocalin prostaglandin D synthase, detailing substrate and product binding processes at the catalytic site and suggesting potential for drug delivery targeting hydrophobic molecules.

In this randomized double-blind study, 160 adults with alopecia areata showed significant improvements in hair loss severity after using a bioactive peptide cosmetic product that mimics platelet-rich plasma, while the placebo group showed no significant change, underlining the treatment's potential effectiveness.

In this study, researchers found that non-invasive analysis of skin surface lipid RNAs revealed alterations in gene expression patterns associated with atopic dermatitis, suggesting its potential for understanding skin disease pathophysiology.

This review discusses the potential efficacy of topical antiandrogen therapies for treating androgenetic alopecia and acne vulgaris, finding promising results but highlighting the need for more comprehensive studies.

This study determined the broad class and molecular species of glycerophospholipids in Eastern red bat sebum, highlighting differences from previous bat lung surfactant studies.

This study identified 8-hydroxy germacrene B from Curcuma aeruginosa as a highly potent in-vitro 5-alpha reductase inhibitor with significant anti-androgenic activity, while exhibiting mild cytotoxicity on prostate cancer cells without affecting human dermal papilla cells at tested concentrations.

This source underscores the need for a multidisciplinary effort to raise awareness of Demodex and demodicosis, suggesting that prioritizing research, diagnostics, and treatment development could enhance global health outcomes and improve quality of life for affected individuals.

This study found that skin surface lipids contain measurable mRNAs, providing a non-invasive way to study skin diseases, with specific gene expression changes observed in atopic dermatitis patients.

This review identifies natural plants that possess androgen-related compounds, highlighting the potential of phytoandrogens as alternatives to allopathic treatments for conditions like hypogonadism, impotence, infertility, and erectile dysfunction.

In this study, the researchers reported that a newly developed PYGL inhibitor, HTPI, enhanced hair growth in an ex-vivo culture by reducing oxidative damage in hDPCs and inhibiting glycogen degradation in hORSCs, showing potential as a treatment for hair loss comparable to minoxidil.

This animal study found that finasteride, a 5-alpha reductase type 2 inhibitor, decreased dihydrotestosterone levels and c-Fos protein activation in the rat brain, but these effects may diminish after discontinuing the drug.

This study found that down and guard hairs of Inner Mongolia Cashmere Goats have distinct protein compositions and physical properties, with keratin-related proteins potentially influencing these differences.