evidence-based clinical guidelines for treatment: acne - androgenetic alopecia

Androgenetic alopecia: an evidence-based treatment update.

BACKGROUND Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is one of the most common chronic problems seen by dermatologists worldwide. It is characterized by progressive hair loss, especially of scalp hair, and has distinctive patterns of loss in women versus men, but in both genders the central scalp is most severely affected. It often begins around puberty and is known to effect self-esteem and the individual's...

New Medical Treatment for Androgenetic Alopecia

Dihydrotestosterone(DHT) has played the pathogenic role in androgenetic alopecia. Patients with genetic deficiency of 5 alpha-reductase type II enzyme, which converts testosterone to DHT, do not have androgenic alopecia. The conversion of testosterone to DHT at hair follicles leads to miniaturization. In scalp biopsy, the tissue DHT level is significantly increased in balded area than non-balde...

European evidence-based (S3) guidelines for the treatment of acne.

†Division of Evidence-Based Medicine, Klinik für Dermatologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ‡Department of Dermatocancerolgy, Nantes University Hospital, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France, §Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, –Dermatologist in Private Practice, Munich, Germany, **Department of Dermatol...

Topical Melatonin for Treatment of Androgenetic Alopecia

BACKGROUND In the search for alternative agents to oral finasteride and topical minoxidil for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (AGA), melatonin, a potent antioxidant and growth modulator, was identified as a promising candidate based on in vitro and in vivo studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS One pharmacodynamic study on topical application of melatonin and four clinical pre-post studies wer...

Androgenetic Alopecia

Guidelines for the management of androgenetic alopecia (2010).

Guidelines for the management of androgenetic alopecia (2010) Ryoji TSUBOI, Satoshi ITAMI, Shigeki INUI, Rie UEKI, Kensei KATSUOKA, Sotaro KURATA, Takeshi KONO, Norimitsu SAITO, Motomu MANABE, Masashi YAMAZAKI, GUIDELINES PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Department of Regenerative Dermatology, Osaka Univer...