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Methotrexate is a promising and safe treatment for severe alopecia areata, with better results when combined with corticosteroids.

Anti-TNF therapy can cause hair loss and skin issues.

Isotretinoin is safe and effective for acne, with common side effects like dry lips; serious side effects are rare.

Skin diseases significantly lower the quality of life for patients in southern Brazil, especially for younger, single, and lower-income individuals.

AGA more common in men, increases with age, linked to family history, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking.

Lichen planopilaris mostly affects women with fair skin and can look different on each person, needing early treatment to prevent hair loss.

Women with PCOS are more likely to have fatty liver disease and worse metabolic health.

Finasteride may worsen infertility in men with existing issues, but stopping it can improve sperm health.

In Brazil in 2018, the most common skin issues were acne, photoaging, and nonmelanoma skin cancer, with treatments often including topical medications and sunscreen.

Black women's unique hair characteristics and styling practices can lead to specific scalp conditions, which require early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

The document concludes that inherited epidermolysis bullosa is a challenging genetic condition requiring multidisciplinary care and new treatments.

Diagnosing diffuse alopecia, a hair loss condition, can be challenging and may require a scalp biopsy or tracking the disease's progression when symptoms and skin tests aren't enough.

Diagnosing hair loss disorders needs clinical, dermoscopic, and histological differences, and checking menstrual cycle, weight changes, drug therapy, and nail changes.

The document concludes that proper diagnosis and combined treatments are key for hirsutism management, and weight loss may help overweight patients.

Diagnosing PCOS in teenagers should focus on signs of excess male hormones and not rely solely on ovarian ultrasound or irregular periods, and should be reassessed in adulthood.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome can cause hair loss and skin issues, and early treatment is important for preventing complications.

Four patients with a type of rickets and hair loss had different mutations in their vitamin D receptor gene, causing it to not work properly.

Lovastatin doesn't improve lower urinary tract symptoms treatment.

Both androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata negatively impact quality of life, with no significant difference between them.

Permanent hair loss after bone marrow transplant can be caused by chemotherapy or chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Trichoscopy helps tell apart scalp lesions in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus and is useful for choosing biopsy locations.

New physical methods like electrical currents, ultrasound, and microneedles show promise for improving drug delivery through the skin.

An 81-year-old woman's severe male hormone symptoms were caused by an ovarian tumor, which was treated with surgery.

Hair transplants can lead to hair loss from lichen planopilaris, and patients should be tested and wait two years before the procedure.

The document reports the first Brazilian case of a girl with Becker nevus syndrome, characterized by skin changes, breast underdevelopment, and scoliosis.

A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed with a rare hair disorder and started treatment with topical minoxidil.

The gene SDR5A1 is found in scalp hair of both hirsute and normal individuals, but it does not explain differences in hair growth.

Managing frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus is challenging due to resistant hair loss and skin discoloration.

A patient lost all their hair while on rheumatoid arthritis medication.

Scalp condition healed with prednisone and tacrolimus.