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Interventions for female pattern hair loss

JAMA Dermatology, 2012
Female pattern hair loss, or androgenic alopecia, is the most common type of hair loss affecting women. It is characterised by progressive shortening of the duration of the growth phase of the hair with successive hair cycles, and progressive follicular miniaturisation with conversion of terminal to vellus hair follicles (terminal hairs are thicker and
Zuuren, E.J. van, Fedorowicz, Z., Carter, B., Andriolo, R.B., Schoones, J.   +4 more
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor overexpression in miniaturized follicles in female pattern hair loss [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017
The etiopathogenesis of female pattern hair loss is still poorly understood. In addition to genetic and hormonal elements, environmental factors could be involved.
Paulo Müller Ramos, Gabrielli Brianezi, Ana Carolina Pereira Martins, Márcia Guimarães da Silva, Mariângela Esther Alencar Marques, Hélio Amante Miot   +5 more
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Comorbid laboratory abnormalities in female pattern hair loss patients

Dermatologica Sinica, 2022
Background: Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is the main cause of alopecia in women and has a debilitating impact on the quality of life. However, certain comorbid conditions causing hair loss are often masked by FPHL and may remain undetected.
Hsin-Jou Wang, Jui-Wen Yeh, Yin-Fan Chang, Jin-Shang Wu, Chao-Chun Yang   +4 more
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Is Every Patient of Hair Loss a Candidate for Hair Transplant?—Deciding Surgical Candidacy in Pattern Hair Loss

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2021
Patterned hair loss which includes both male pattern hair loss (MPHL) or androgenic alopecia (AGA) and female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is the most common indication for hair transplant surgery.
Robert H. True
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Female Pattern Hair Loss: a clinical and pathophysiological review [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Female Pattern Hair Loss or female androgenetic alopecia is the main cause of hair loss in adult women and has a major impact on patients' quality of life. It evolves from the progressive miniaturization of follicles that lead to a subsequent decrease of
Paulo Müller Ramos, Hélio Amante Miot
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Interventions for female pattern hair loss [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
Female pattern hair loss (FPHL), or androgenic alopecia, is the most common type of hair loss affecting women. It is characterised by progressive shortening of the duration of the growth phase of the hair with successive hair cycles, and progressive follicular miniaturisation with conversion of terminal to vellus hair follicles (terminal hairs are ...
Zuuren, E.J. van, Fedorowicz, Z., Schoones, J.   +2 more
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Quantitative assessment of female pattern hair loss

Dermatologica Sinica, 2015
Background/Objective: The conventional approach to evaluate female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is to visually inspect and score images of balding area (BA).
Pei-Kai Hung, Thomas Waitao Chu, Ren-Yeu Tsai, Chien-Wei Kung, Sung-Jan Lin, Chung-Ming Chen   +5 more
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HSD3B1 gene polymorphism and female pattern hair loss in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019
Background/purpose: Genetic variant of HSD3B1 1245 is known to augment androgen production at peripheral tissue as skin. This study aimed to investigate whether women with polycystic ovary syndrome inheriting this variant exhibit specific androgenic ...
Yi-An Tu, Sung-Jan Lin, Pei-Lung Chen, Chia-Hung Chou, Chu-Chun Huang, Hong-Nerng Ho, Mei-Jou Chen   +6 more
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The Effect of Ferritin, Vitamin D, and Some Hormonal and Biochemical Parameters on Patients with Female-pattern Hair Loss after COVID-19 Infection

Journal of Preventive, Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies in Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND: This study aims to shed light on the problem of female-pattern hair loss, especially for women, after recovering from the viral infection of COVID-19 and their deficiency of iron store level, Vitamin D, and some parameters that cause ...
Israa Qusay Falih
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Two different trichoscopic patterns of mid-frontal scalp in patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia and clinical features of androgenetic alopecia

Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2017
Introduction . Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a primary lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia with progressive frontotemporal hairline recession. In some cases, hair loss in the mid-frontal scalp, similar to female pattern hair loss, may be observed ...
Adriana Rakowska, Anna Waśkiel, Mariusz Sikora, Małgorzata Olszewska, Lidia Rudnicka   +4 more
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