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Covid-19 can cause different types of hair loss, which can affect people's mental and social well-being.

Women generally handle heart enlargement better than men, but it's riskier for them if it occurs; hormones like estrogen offer some protection.

Leptin, a hormone from fat cells, affects immune responses and can influence skin diseases and hair growth.

Hair regrowth slows with age and can be affected by treatments that change enzyme activity in the skin.

Male hormones control a specific gene in hamster skin, with different hormones having varying effects.

Human skin makes sexual hormones that affect hair growth, skin health, and healing; too much can cause acne and hair loss, while treatments can manage these conditions.

POMC-derived peptides are important for skin functions like immune response and stress management.

Adrenal glands delay the start of winter fur growth in mink.

Mice with autoimmune hair loss showed signs of heart problems.

Androgenetic alopecia involves genetics, hormones, and can be treated with medications or surgery.

Humans can accurately guess age from faces, with women being slightly better at it, and age perception is linked to evolutionary factors.

Hormonal therapy is a treatment option for acne, the only medical treatment for hirsutism, and the most promising for androgenetic alopecia.

Hormone treatments in transsexual individuals reduce hair growth and oil production in male-to-females and increase them in female-to-males.

Testosterone helps human pancreatic cells increase insulin release.

Androgen hormones cause hair follicle scarring in hair loss, and finasteride helps reduce it.

Alopecia in captive rhesus macaques is affected by season, sex, age, housing, and stress, with complex links between stress hormones and hair loss.

Glucocorticoids and sex hormones affect skin health, with potential for targeted treatments to minimize side effects and treat skin conditions.

Plant steroid hormones show growth, health, and medicinal benefits in various organisms, including potential for treating diseases.

Male and female skin differ due to hormones, affecting conditions like hair loss, acne, and skin cancer, and suggesting a need for gender-specific treatments.

Male hormones worsen kidney transplant damage, but blocking them helps.

Most transgender patients getting laser hair removal before gender-affirming surgery are already on hormone therapy, which might affect the hair removal process.

Eating high-glycemic and dairy foods can increase hormones that may cause acne and other health issues.

The document suggests that blocking sweat glands with antiperspirants might allow skin-generated hormones to be absorbed, possibly increasing breast and prostate cancer risk.

Women with hair loss have higher androgen levels, while men with early balding have altered androgen ratios.

Enzymes called 5α-reductases have many body functions and need more research to safely use inhibitors.

We need to learn more about 5α-reductases and neuroactive steroids to safely make drugs targeting these enzymes.

Male hormones affect oil-producing skin cells differently based on their body location, and the drug spironolactone can reduce these effects.

Parathyroid hormones are important for hair growth, but their use in treating hair loss from chemotherapy is still uncertain.

Men's hair loss is not linked to their sex hormone levels, except for lower DHEAS in those with hair loss.

Botulinum toxin A helped stop hair loss and grow new hair in mice.