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Need better hair loss treatments beyond minoxidil, finasteride, and transplants.

AGA, a common hair loss, is caused by genetics, hormones, age, and environmental factors.

Minoxidil and spironolactone slow hair loss in women.

The document concludes that treatments for female hair loss and excess body hair are available, but managing expectations is important.

The document concludes that current hair loss treatments have limitations and suggests researching new treatments targeting different factors of hair loss.

The document concludes that understanding nail anatomy is key for diagnosing nail diseases, early signs of nail melanoma may allow for less aggressive treatment, and specific genetic mutations are important in thyroid cancer prognosis and treatment.

Non-scarring hair loss can be diagnosed with two 4mm punch biopsies, one cut vertically and the other transversely.

RET mutation is important in familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, and BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma is linked to more aggressive cancer and higher death rates.

Early subungual melanoma might be treated with less aggressive surgery because it invades the skin under the nail more slowly.

Hair loss treated with minoxidil, finasteride, laser/light, hair transplant, and scalp prostheses; more research needed for skin of color.