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Using anthralin and calcipotriene together might help treat tough cases of alopecia areata, but more research is needed to understand how it works.

The document concludes that various topical medications are effective for skin conditions but often cause skin irritation as a side effect.

Calcipotriol may effectively treat hair loss in alopecia areata, working better in children than adults.

Up to half of people experience itchy scalp, often due to skin conditions like seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis, and treatments vary based on the specific cause.

Vitiligo is a skin condition causing white patches, likely due to an autoimmune issue.

Repigmentation patterns in vitiligo depend on melanocyte source, lesion status, and therapy choice.

Treating psoriasis on the scalp, nails, and skin folds is challenging, often requiring systemic treatments for severe cases, with some success in topical and biologic treatments.

Dermatological drugs and cosmetics can cause serious side effects like cancer, allergies, and heart issues.

Etanercept effectively treated a severe skin condition when other treatments failed.

A rare scalp condition mainly in older women can be treated with various alternatives to steroids, which may have fewer side effects.

The vitamin D receptor is crucial for bone health and affects various body systems, with mutations potentially leading to disease.

Vitamin D made by the skin plays a role in immune defense and skin health, and more research is needed to understand its full effects.

Topical vitamin D is effective in treating vitiligo with few side effects.

Mice without the vitamin D receptor have bone issues and other health problems, suggesting vitamin D is important for preventing various diseases in humans.

The vitamin D receptor is involved in multiple body functions beyond calcium regulation, including immune response and rapid reactions not related to gene activity.

Removing part of the vitamin D receptor stops vitamin D from working properly.

Skin cells produce and activate vitamin D, which regulates skin functions and supports hair growth.

Vitamin D and its receptor regulate skin functions like cell growth, immunity, hair cycle, and tumor prevention.

Vitamin D has potential benefits for cancer prevention, heart health, diabetes, obesity, muscle function, skin health, and immune function, but clinical results are mixed and more research is needed.

Topical vitamin D3 does not prevent hair loss from chemotherapy.

People with alopecia areata often have lower vitamin D levels and more inflammation, suggesting vitamin D might be involved in the condition.

People with alopecia areata often have lower vitamin D levels, which are linked to more severe and longer-lasting hair loss, but vitamin D receptor levels in the skin don't show the same pattern and don't predict treatment success.

Vitamin D and estrogen may help protect heart and kidney health, and maintaining sufficient vitamin D levels could be especially beneficial for African Americans, postmenopausal women, and people with chronic kidney disease.

People with Alopecia Areata often have lower vitamin D levels, and vitamin D supplements might help treat it.

Three siblings with a genetic form of rickets showed different symptoms of the disease.

Hair loss can be a key sign of a rare type of rickets when vitamin D treatment doesn't work and advanced tests aren't available.

Rubbing calcipotriol on the skin works better than taking vitamin D pills for treating mild to moderate alopecia areata.

Oral vitamin D treatment can help some children with alopecia areata who have vitamin D deficiency.

People with alopecia areata have much lower Vitamin-D levels than healthy individuals.

The vitamin D receptor has many roles in the body beyond managing calcium, affecting the immune system, hair growth, muscles, fat, bone marrow, and cancer cells.