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This report describes a 9-year-old girl with a scalp kerion treated successfully with terbinafine and ketoconazole shampoo, leading to hair regrowth after two months.

In this report, researchers describe a case of scalp discoid lupus erythematosus unresponsive to topical treatments, where hydroxychloroquine administered at 200 mg/day led to complete resolution of skin lesions in five months.

This study suggests that continuing finasteride therapy after mastectomy does not significantly affect gynecomastia recurrence in men taking finasteride for alopecia.

This study found that finasteride caused adverse effects on liver, kidney, and heart tissues in female mice, raising concerns about its potential use in females for treating androgenetic alopecia.

This review discusses the psychiatric and sexual comorbidities of PCOS, emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to manage sexual dysfunction due to high prevalence rates found in recent studies.

Testosterone replacement can help menopausal women with various symptoms, but should be used carefully and is not yet officially licensed in the UK for women.

This review concluded that WS PRO 160 I 120 mg, a herbal preparation, may be an effective and safer alternative to standard drugs for treating lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

This study evaluated donor area scars in hair restoration using a new assessment scale and found that most patients had good quality scars, with average scores of 15 or less out of 40.

This study demonstrated that keratin extract can stimulate hair growth by inducing the anagen phase in telogenic mice.

A girl with Crohn's disease developed hair loss from her medication, which improved with treatment but later returned.

This study identified 8-hydroxy germacrene B from Curcuma aeruginosa as a highly potent in-vitro 5-alpha reductase inhibitor with significant anti-androgenic activity, while exhibiting mild cytotoxicity on prostate cancer cells without affecting human dermal papilla cells at tested concentrations.

This article briefly describes local anesthesia techniques for hair restoration surgery that aim to enhance patient comfort but reports no new research results.

This review discusses how 5α-reductase inhibitors affect PSA levels in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment and their role in prostate cancer screening, but reports no new clinical findings.

Olanzapine helped a man who thought he had bugs on his skin.

This study found that when metabolism changes and extracellular glucose decreases, hippocampal CA3 neurons release ATP, which is converted to adenosine and reduces neuron excitability, enhancing the seizure threshold.

This article discusses the historical search for the cause of hair loss and its treatments, highlighting the popularity of hair restoration surgery for addressing androgenic alopecia, but reports no new clinical results.

This narrative review discusses various causes and treatments of hirsutism in women, emphasizing the importance of identifying androgen-secreting tumors, but does not present new study results.

Antiandrogen therapy may be beneficial for women with hidradenitis suppurativa.

A surgeon is defined by their ability to operate, not just formal training, and dermatologists can safely perform cosmetic surgeries.

AGA is a genetic, hormonal hair loss treated with finasteride, minoxidil, and supplements, but new compounds are being developed.

Examining scalp biopsies in different ways helps better diagnose hair loss types.

Minoxidil and tretinoin together may help hair growth but need more research.

Side effects of drugs can lead to the discovery of new treatments.

This study found that phenylbutazone and fluocinolone acetonide have similar anti-redness effects in both haired and hairless animals, making hairless rats a potential alternative for testing without needing depilation.

This cross-sectional study examined gender-affirming surgeries in Canada, finding significant variation in provincial insurance coverage, with Prince Edward Island covering the most procedures and Nunavut the least, while noting a general lack of in-province procedures in the territories.

This case report describes a female patient with ankylosing spondylitis who developed generalized pustular psoriasis after adalimumab therapy, and whose condition improved following treatment with secukinumab and acitretin.

In this study, the authors reported preliminary evidence that programs combining nutrition and exercise interventions can significantly reduce BMI and LDL levels, suggesting these elements are important for lifestyle modification.

This study concluded that platelet-rich plasma is effective and safe for increasing hair density in androgenetic alopecia, showing significant improvement compared to placebo at 3 and 6 months.

This article outlines methods to study the skin and its molecular traits, focusing on interpretation and techniques applicable to mouse models, including diverse assays and approaches like electron microscopy and large-scale lipid analyses.

This study found that dermatoses are common in people living with HIV and may serve as indicators of disease stage, with certain conditions more prevalent when CD4+ counts are below 200/mm³.