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Antiandrogens and androgen inhibitors like spironolactone, finasteride, and dutasteride can treat hair loss and skin conditions, but they have risks and side effects, including potential harm to pregnant women and risks of cancer and heart issues. Herbal remedies also have antiandrogenic effects but lack safety validation.

Oral finasteride and dutasteride may negatively affect erectile function in rats.

Acne significantly affects mental health and quality of life, with research suggesting hormonal and genetic factors in its development and emphasizing early treatment to prevent scarring.

More research is needed to understand how testosterone is maintained in adult males.

Adult acne is more common in women, often linked to hormones, and can be harder to treat.

Understanding how DHT works is important for diagnosing and treating hormone-related disorders.

Castration and finasteride lower urinary oxalate in male rats, potentially treating urolithiasis.

The testes produce important hormones like testosterone and others that play key roles in male body functions.

Finasteride effectively treats baldness but may cause sexual side effects.

Finasteride works better than Permixon in reducing dihydrotestosterone levels.

Combination of 0.25% finasteride and 3% minoxidil works better than just 3% minoxidil for increasing hair thickness in women.

Long-term use of finasteride in women can cause hormonal changes, DNA damage, and menstrual issues.

Hair loss, known as Androgenetic Alopecia, is often caused by hormones and can be diagnosed using noninvasive techniques. Treatments include topical minoxidil and oral finasteride, with new treatments being explored. There may also be a link between this type of hair loss and heart disease risk.

Hormones like androgens, estrogen, thyroid hormones, and stress hormones can contribute to hair loss, and treatments target these hormonal imbalances.

Using stem cells from hair follicles to treat female hair loss is safe and effective after six months.

Androgen treatment with dihydrotestosterone may help maintain height in patients with 5-α-reductase type 2 deficiency, especially before puberty.

5-alpha reductase inhibitors, like finasteride and dutasteride, are used for prostate issues, hair loss, and excessive hair growth, may help with COVID-19, but can cause sexual and mental health side effects, and their use in preventing prostate cancer needs more examination.

Testosterone improves mood and thinking skills; finasteride has no effect.

Long-term testosterone therapy can cause hormone suppression, affect prostate and heart health, and alter physical characteristics, but does not increase prostate cancer risk and needs more research for full risk assessment.

DA-9401 helps protect rat testis from finasteride damage.

Testosterone supplements can increase muscle mass and strength in older men with low levels, but long-term effects and risks need more research.

Finasteride treatment changes Cx43 in rat testes, possibly causing fertility issues.

Convolvulus arvensis ethanolic extract can potentially promote hair growth and reduce hair loss.

New testosterone analogs show promise for male contraception with better activity and potentially fewer side effects.

Androgens play a role in female sexual function, and testosterone therapy can help women with low sexual desire, but more research is needed on treatments and long-term safety.

Combining flutamide and finasteride can reduce prostate weight and tumor growth, potentially benefiting treatments needing optimal DHT inhibition.

DHT stops hair regrowth in mice, similar to human hair loss.

Many treatments for hair loss lack proper testing and FDA approval, so their effectiveness is uncertain.

The document concludes that careful evaluation is needed to diagnose PCOS correctly due to similar symptoms in other conditions, and accurate testosterone level measurement is crucial.

Testosterone replacement may help postmenopausal women with sexual function and bone density, but suitable treatments are limited.