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This case report describes a young adult female with late-stage Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease featuring panuveitis, retinal detachment, hearing loss, alopecia, and vitiligo, who was successfully treated in a hospital.

This review discusses the multifactorial nature of alopecia areata, noting its association with other autoimmune diseases, and highlights Janus kinase inhibitors as a new treatment option under investigation, but reports no clinical results.

This study analyzed pediatric and adult patients with antibody deficiencies at a PID center, finding frequent severe infections and genetic mutations, with treatment primarily involving IVIG replacement therapy.

This case report details a child with a specific TNFAIP3 mutation manifesting as a severe SLE/SS phenotype, expanding the known phenotype for this genetic variant.

In this study, researchers observed that fenugreek aqueous extract was more effective than its alcohol extract in inhibiting the growth of bacteria associated with acne, particularly gram-positive bacteria like Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus.

In this case report, significantly elevated testosterone levels were documented in a young female with Type A Insulin Resistance Syndrome, marking a clinical finding beyond what is typically associated with the disorder's known mutations.

Finasteride may cause gum side effects in some patients.

This study found that in a mouse model of Focal Dermal Hypoplasia, treatment with lithium carbonate improved skin disease symptoms compared to controls, though disease severity varied and posed interpretation challenges.

This review discusses various types of primary cicatricial alopecias, categorized by the predominant type of inflammatory cells involved, and reports no new clinical results.

This case study reports that a heterozygous missense GJA1 mutation, p.Gly138Ser, in a 2-year-old boy with oculodentodigital syndrome primarily resulted in syndactyly, fifth finger hypoplasia, and hypotrichosis, without neurological or craniofacial abnormalities.

This study suggests that progesterone may have a complex role in absence epilepsy, facilitating seizures through conversion to allopregnanolone, but potentially reducing them during pregnancy.

In this survey of dermatologists, pimozide was most commonly identified as the preferred first-line antipsychotic for treating delusions of parasitosis, followed by risperidone.

Clofazimine successfully treated a man's ashy dermatosis, clearing his skin lesions.

This chapter discusses alopecia areata and reports no new findings; it reviews the efficacy of current treatments like corticosteroids, topical sensitizers, and minoxidil, noting the lack of a cure or preventive measures.

This paper describes the hGRα gene structure and its expression, focusing on the functional properties of the longest GRα isoform, but reports no new results.

This study found that the gene for the enzyme aromatase is expressed in scalp hair follicles of women and is negatively correlated with LH levels, potentially reflecting the hormonal environment of hair follicles in PCOS.

This article discusses the implications of finasteride on serum PSA levels and questions the routine recommendation for prostate biopsy at specific PSA thresholds, urging reevaluation of prostate cancer detection methods; it reports no clinical results.

This article reviews different grafting strategies for hair restoration surgery in extensive baldness and suggests uniform density grafting offers less detectable results, especially under adverse grooming conditions.

This review suggests that platelet-rich plasma may be a promising treatment for immune-mediated alopecias, including alopecia areata and primary cicatricial alopecias, but definitive recommendations are limited due to insufficient high-quality evidence.

This study reported that androgenetic alopecia is relatively uncommon but severe among Nigerian females, with a prevalence of 4.8% among urban market traders.

This study found a significant correlation between metabolic syndrome components, particularly waist circumference and hypertension, and female pattern hair loss.

This chapter reviews the potential role of gonadal hormones in sex differences in play and spatial behavior, noting a lack of conclusive evidence but suggesting perinatal androgen exposure might contribute to observed differences. It reports no new research results.

This study observed that postlaser hair removal hypertrichosis occurred in 0.6% of patients and appeared more common in darker skin types, but was a rare phenomenon overall.

This observational study found that patients with various skin diseases across 17 European countries experience higher levels of perceived stigmatization than skin-healthy controls, particularly those with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, alopecia, and bullous disorders, with factors such as disease severity and psychological distress influencing stigmatization levels.

This study highlights the need for standardized preclinical murine models to improve the translation of wound healing research to human clinical applications, specifically noting variations in diabetes duration, animal sex, and assessment methods on healing outcomes in rat models.

This study found that while the reproducibility of hair cortisol measurements in captive chimpanzees was high, the fineness of homogenized hair, sample weight, and extraction time influenced absolute cortisol concentrations.

This study concluded that using adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction significantly improved acne scars by increasing collagen content and skin thickness compared to nanofat alone.

This review evaluates the use of platelet-rich plasma in dermatology, highlighting favorable outcomes in several areas, especially androgenetic alopecia, despite a lack of large randomized controlled trials and consistency in protocols.

This article reviews the psychosocial impacts of androgenetic alopecia on men, highlighting the importance of addressing both hair loss and associated psychological disorders for improved treatment satisfaction.

In this study, higher concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn were found in the hair of smokers and users of hair dyes compared to non-smokers and those with undyed hair.