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Scalp cooling can reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss and should be available in all hospitals.

Laser hair removal improves quality of life but emotional benefits decrease over time, suggesting more treatments are needed for lasting effects.

Hair follicle stem cells could help repair nerves and avoid ethical issues linked to embryonic stem cells.

Giving docetaxel weekly at 40 mg/m² is manageable and has low toxicity for cancer patients.

Endocrine therapies for cancer significantly increase the risk of hair loss.

Vitiligo is not linked to coeliac disease, but a small number of alopecia areata patients may have it, suggesting they should be tested for coeliac disease.

Alopecia areata seriously lowers quality of life, especially affecting self-image, mental health, and social life.

Gefitinib can cause skin problems, diarrhea, and nausea, but rarely causes severe lung disease or hair loss.

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

The document suggests creating a validated score to diagnose Cushing's Syndrome and considers plasma steroid profiling as a simpler diagnostic method.

No systemic treatment for alopecia areata has strong evidence of effectiveness.

Finasteride 1 mg effectively and safely increases hair growth in Japanese men with hair loss.

Minoxidil helps regrow hair in female pattern hair loss, but more research needed for other treatments.

Chronic hair shedding may be caused by less variation in hair growth times and might stop on its own after several years.

The document suggests using standardized methods to track and measure hair loss in alopecia areata, including patient self-assessment and a 50% improvement in specific scores as a treatment goal.

Bimatoprost solution is effective and safe for long-term use in treating eyelash thinning.

Men who experienced baldness at age 20 may have double the risk of getting prostate cancer.

Oral JAK inhibitors are effective and safe for treating alopecia areata but may need ongoing use to keep results.

Live imaging has advanced our understanding of stem cell behavior and raised new research questions.

Hirsutism is excessive male-pattern hair growth in women, often caused by hormonal imbalances, and requires ongoing treatment to manage.

Spironolactone might help protect against severe lung problems in COVID-19 patients.

Macrophages help hair growth after injury through CX3CR1 and TGF-β1.

Personalized treatment plans improve vitiligo care.

Facial dark spots can be caused by the sun, genetics, makeup, or medicine, and are diagnosed by patient history and skin tests.

People with pemphigus are more likely to have conditions like hypothyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, and diabetes.

The document concludes that there is no agreed-upon best method for measuring drug delivery within hair follicles and more research is needed to validate current techniques.

Familial frontal fibrosing alopecia affects premenopausal women too, and early diagnosis is important, but no proven medication exists yet.

Psychological factors like depression may be more important than zinc, folate, and vitamin B12 levels in causing scalp pain in people with hair loss.

Hair loss in women not always linked to increased oil production; other factors may be involved.

Young women with PCOS have a higher risk of high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome, but these risks may decrease after age 40.