56 citations
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January 1996 in “Journal of Forensic Sciences” Dye enters hair at the edges of cuticle cells and penetrates more from water than alcohol-based solutions.
52 citations
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November 2013 in “Journal of Pain and Symptom Management” Cryotherapy helps reduce chemotherapy side effects but needs more research for best use.
12 citations
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June 2012 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Hair transplantation effectively treated a woman's patchy hair loss when other treatments failed.
7 citations
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October 2019 in “Klinická onkologie” Cancer treatments often cause hair loss and damage, affecting patients' mental health.
2 citations
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January 2017 Minoxidil and Propecia are the only FDA-approved hair growth drugs, but people are exploring herbal alternatives due to concerns about side effects.
2 citations
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March 2007 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” A new type of hereditary hair loss in a Chinese family is linked to chromosome 2p25.1–2p23.2.
1 citations
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December 2021 in “Kathmandu University medical journal” Adult earlobe can have a benign cyst that is usually removed by surgery.
June 2024 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Avoid tight hairstyles and use minoxidil to prevent and treat hair loss in young Sikh boys.
November 2023 in “International surgery journal” A man's neck lump was a trichilemmal cyst, not cancer, and should be fully removed due to rare risk of becoming malignant.
September 2017 in “Journal of Clinical Dermatology” A growth factor cocktail with FGF9 and microneedling effectively increases hair density and diameter in hair loss patients.
Hair loss causes emotional distress, leading to high spending on treatments, with Minoxidil and Propecia being common but having side effects.
November 2014 in “Springer eBooks” Using a patient's own tissue for browlifting can improve both the position and fullness of the brow for a longer-lasting rejuvenation.
A new method using stamps improves symmetry in hair restoration surgery.
33 citations
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August 1985 in “Archives of Dermatology” Acquired Progressive Kinking of Hair is likely an early sign of male pattern baldness.
3 citations
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November 2021 in “Frontiers in Medicine” Advanced male pattern baldness affects the back of the scalp, reducing hair follicles.
1 citations
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January 2020 in “Bioscientia medicina” Female pattern hair loss is common, worsens with age, and requires long-term treatment to manage.
October 2024 in “Skin Research and Technology” Extracorporeal shock waves significantly improve hair growth in women with female pattern hair loss.
134 citations
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September 2008 in “Lasers in surgery and medicine” Low fluence photoepilation temporarily removes hair by targeting the hair follicle's pigmented area without severe damage.
100 citations
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December 2002 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” Researchers mapped and categorized specific keratin-associated protein genes on human chromosome 21q22.1.
16 citations
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February 1999 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” Lymphocytes may hinder hair stem cells, causing hair loss without scarring.
June 2014 in “Toxicologie analytique et clinique/Annales de toxicologie analytique” Hair analysis can be unreliable due to external contamination and varying drug concentrations.
38 citations
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July 2010 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” To treat tinea capitis in children, oral antifungal medication is necessary, with newer drugs offering shorter treatment times than the traditional griseofulvin.
2 citations
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January 2020 in “Clinical Dermatology Review” Idiopathic hirsutism is the most common cause of hirsutism in women, followed by PCOS.
February 2024 in “Journal of medical science and clinical research” Radiotherapy effectively treated a large scalp tumor in an elderly woman, avoiding surgery.
March 2022 in “Folia Medica Indonesiana” The lump on a woman's scalp was a rare, potentially cancerous tumor from the hair follicle, not a common cyst.
July 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” TRPS1 loss in balding scalp areas contributes to hair loss in androgenic alopecia.
June 2025 in “Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology” Thorough scalp examination is crucial for diagnosing alopecia areata incognita in men with diffuse hair loss.
September 2024 in “BMJ Case Reports” An adult had a rare scalp infection in the forehead area, treated successfully with itraconazole.
6 citations
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January 2023 in “Medical Mycology Journal” Fosravuconazole effectively treated a woman's scalp infection without side effects.
5 citations
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December 2020 in “International journal of biological macromolecules” Treatments improved hair surface and scale structure but didn't increase certain bonds in the hair cortex.