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February 2021 in “Journal of Social Philosophy” Beauty standards cause widespread harm and need collective action to address.
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October 2021 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” Topical finasteride is an effective and safer treatment for male hair loss.
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3 citations,
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