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Scalp skin barrier affects hair loss; personalized treatments needed.

Androgenetic alopecia linked to COVID-19 severity; drugs reducing androgen receptor activation may help.

Trichoscopy is good for diagnosing and monitoring hair and scalp problems in children but needs more research for certain conditions.

No consistent link between genotype and phenotype in 5-α-Reductase type 2 deficiency.

Melatonin solution helps treat hair loss in men and women.

Bariatric surgery may help severely obese teenagers but has risks and requires careful patient selection and long-term care.

Barley extract, specifically procyanidin B-3, can promote hair growth and counteract growth inhibition.

Androgens like testosterone are important hormones for both men and women, made differently in each sex and affecting the body by regulating genes and quick interactions with cell components.

Potassium channel openers like minoxidil help hair grow by acting on hair follicles.

Stress and alcohol affect brain chemicals differently in rats, mice, and humans, influenced by genetic differences.

The conclusion is that small hair follicles cause baldness in macaques, and treatments like antiandrogens and minoxidil can prevent hair loss and promote regrowth.

Hormone therapy for transgender females increases the risk of blood clots and requires careful dosing, monitoring, and lifelong management.

Hair restoration surgery has advanced, focusing on natural results and may improve further with new techniques and therapies.

Some babies are born with alopecia areata, and a treatment with clobetasol propionate can regrow hair in half of the cases.

Women with female pattern hair loss have higher levels of certain androgens, suggesting increased androgen exposure to hair follicles.

Use 5% minoxidil or oral finasteride for mild-to-moderate hair loss, combine with hair transplant for severe cases.

Hair disorders are caused by a complex mix of biology, genetics, hormones, and environmental factors, affecting hair growth and leading to conditions like alopecia.

Behavior therapy and medications, especially clomipramine, can help reduce hair pulling in people with trichotillomania.

The document concludes that accurate diagnosis of hair loss in children is crucial due to limited treatment options and the condition's psychological impact.

About 15% of US Army personnel use hair products containing hormone or placenta, with higher usage among non-whites, females, and enlisted personnel.

Children's hairlines change shape as they grow, with women often developing a widow's peak and men's hairlines becoming more convex and possibly balding at the temples, influenced by genetics and hormones.

Minoxidil and finasteride can slow or halt hair loss, but may have side effects.

Male rats have more somatostatin neurons than females due to testosterone converting to estrogen during early development.

The perception of excessive hair growth in women as abnormal is more influenced by cultural norms than by medical reasons.

Trichotillomania, a disorder where people compulsively pull out their own hair, often starts around age 12, is more common in adult females, and can be treated with behavior therapy and medication.

Gene therapy shows promise for enhancing physical traits but faces ethical, safety, and regulatory challenges.

UVA1-light therapy successfully treated a child's skin condition, mycosis fungoides.

A child was initially wrongly diagnosed with a fungal scalp infection but actually had a non-scarring hair loss condition called Temporal Triangular Alopecia.

Hair follicles are smaller in people with androgenetic alopecia compared to those with normal scalps.