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This article comments on previous studies linking severe androgenetic alopecia to increased vulnerability to COVID-19 and highlights ongoing research into antiandrogen therapies as potential treatments.

This study found that oral minoxidil improved background hair thickness in patients with lichen planopilaris.

This analysis found that spironolactone use is not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer recurrence in female survivors.

This article proposes expanding dermatologic care through barbershops to improve health access and trust among Black men, particularly for conditions like pseudofolliculitis barbae and acne keloidalis nuchae; it reports no new clinical findings.

This research observed that during the 2 to 4 days following hair transplantation for androgenetic alopecia, patients may develop forehead and upper eyelid edema due to gravitational fluid movement and oozing of inflammatory fluid in the implanted area.

This article discusses the premade slit method in hair restoration surgery, emphasizing the importance of a tailored depth control instrument for optimal follicle implantation, but provides no new clinical results.

In this study, repeated finasteride administration was associated with decreased social interaction and cognitive deficits in male rats, potentially linked to changes in cholinergic system activity.

This article discusses the authors’ response to comments on their study about intradermal botulinum toxin's effect on androgenetic alopecia, reporting no new findings.

This letter highlights concerns about transient lymphadenopathy as a potential adverse effect of platelet-rich plasma combined with microneedling for alopecia, emphasizing the need to understand its underlying cause.

This study found that women with polycystic ovary syndrome reported a poorer health-related quality of life compared to women in the general population and patients with other medical conditions.

This study found that all four treatments—flutamide, finasteride, ketoconazole, and EE-CPA—significantly reduced hirsutism, but EE-CPA and flutamide appeared most effective, with varying effects on androgen levels and side-effect profiles.

This review evaluates existing research on Keratin 15 to assess its validity as a marker for epidermal stem cells, reporting no new results.

This study found that daily consumption of soft drinks significantly increases the risk of moderate-to-severe acne in adolescents, particularly if sugar intake from these drinks exceeds 100 grams per day.

In this study, four women with chronic telogen effluvium experienced fluctuating hair shedding without visible reduction in hair density or follicular miniaturization over at least 7 years.

This study validated the VQ-Dermato, the first dermatology-specific quality of life instrument in French, and found it to be reliable, acceptable for routine use, and more responsive than the SF36.

This study found that the TrichoScan method for evaluating hair loss showed excellent correlation with manual marking and provided more consistent, reproducible results with less variability and operator error.

This article reviews various topics discussed at a workshop on hair disorders, focusing on hair biology, diagnosis, and challenges in therapy evaluation, without presenting new clinical findings.

This review discusses available microsurgical reconstructive options for craniofacial surgery and reports no new clinical results; it highlights how innovations in the field have advanced reconstruction techniques.

This study reported that female pattern hair loss was prevalent in 11.8% of women aged 30 and older and was associated with high fasting glucose, fewer childbirths, oral contraceptive use, and excessive ultraviolet exposure.

This article discusses hair shedding in women and does not offer new research results; it highlights the need for objective criteria to define excessive hair shedding.

The document concludes that using LC-MS/MS for measuring androgens is more accurate than older methods, but it needs careful validation and standardized references to be most effective.

This study found that 33.5% of dermatology outpatients in Turkey used unconventional therapies, with no significant differences based on age, sex, or education.

This study found that patients with androgenetic alopecia reported more impact on their quality of life in terms of emotions, functioning, and symptoms than those with alopecia areata.

This study found that flutamide, finasteride, ketoconazole, and EE-CPA all significantly reduced hirsutism scores, hair diameter, and hair growth rate in women with hirsutism over 12 months.

This study found that the Alopecia Areata Patient Priority Outcomes questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool for measuring the severity and impact of hair loss in individuals with alopecia areata.

This study found that topical minoxidil improved the quality of life in female patients with pattern hair loss.

This study reports that increased knowledge of chemotherapy side effects is moderately associated with improved self-care practices among cancer patients.

This article reviews various reconstructive surgery techniques for scalp wounds and emphasizes factors affecting aesthetic outcomes, but it presents no new clinical findings.

This abstract discusses the efficacy of spironolactone, cyproterone acetate, and flutamide in treating female pattern hair loss, noting that flutamide use requires caution due to potential liver toxicity, especially at high doses.

The researchers reported that both cryotherapy and betamethasone lotion yielded similar improvement rates for alopecia areata patches, without complete recovery observed in any patient.