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Hair loss is a common cause of presentation to dermatology outpatient clinics and an important disorder affecting the quality of life of patients. Alopecia with cicatricial and non-cicatricial subtypes is a common cause of cosmetic problems. Interest in the use of microneedling as an independent and adjunctive treatment for hair loss disorders has been increasing recently. Microneedling is a minimally invasive procedure that uses multiple needles to create micro punctures in the skin. The penetration of the microneedles produces a controlled skin injury with minimal epidermal damage and stimulates dermal wound healing, hence neovascularisation and the release of growth factors. In hair loss, the stimulation of hair growth by microneedling is related to the wound healing process that occurs in response to the trauma it creates. Microneedling therapy has been shown to stimulate hair growth through the release of various growth factors, stimulation of dermal papilla stem cells and various mechanisms. Although evidence suggests that microneedling may improve hair loss, clinical data are relatively limited. There is not yet a standardised needle length and procedure consensus for treatment and clinical data are relatively limited. With more participants and multi-centre experimental studies, microneedling may become a basic or adjunctive procedure in US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved hair loss treatments. In this review, the mechanism of action of microneedling, the procedure of use with the data in the literature, and its effectiveness in androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium and other hair loss types will be discussed in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Besides genetic factors, vitamin deficiencies, hormonal and environmental causes are included in hair loss etiology. In the literature, telogen effluvium (TE) is reported to be the most common cause of hair loss in women. Our aim in this research; to investigate possible relationships of hematological and biochemical parameters in TE etiology. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out by retrospective screening of patients who applied to Harran University Faculty of Medicine Dermatology Outpatient Clinic between July and December 2019 with the complaint of diffuse hair loss. A total of 213 patients diagnosed with TE were included in the study. From the laboratory tests of the patients, the relationship of serum iron, iron binding capacity, ferritin, folic acid, vitamin B12, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free T4 and hemoglobin (Hb) with TE have been investigated. Results: The majority of patients included in the study with the diagnosis of TE were women (92%). 54% of patients had ferritin deficiency, 42% of had iron deficiency and 1% of had B12 deficiency. The rate of anemia was 16%, and the most common cause of anemia was iron deficiency. TSH elevation was found in 4% of the patients and low T4 in 1%. While low folate level was not found in any of the patients, it was detected high in 5% of the patients. Conclusion: Investigation of iron deficiency anemia, control of thyroid function tests and vitamin values are important in patients presenting with diffuse hair loss. This study shows that hair loss may be associated with low serum iron and ferritin. Although the data that the correction of iron deficiency stops hair loss is insufficient, proper treatment should be determined by the physician according to the patient's clinic. We think that this study is important in terms of drawing attention to the necessity of routine use of laboratory tests in the diagnosis and treatment stages of patients who apply with hair loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

objective: Telogen effluvium (TE) type hair loss is a condition that is commonly seen in dermatology clinics and this disease has multiple etiologic reasons. We had done this research at TE type patients to determine serum ferritin, vit B12, folic acid , and thyroid function tests. Material and Methods: In this research, 563 female patients who admitted to Education and Research Hospital's dermatology outpatient clinics with TE is studied retrospectively. The tests were performed in SPSS 16.0 program to investigate the frequency of the laboratory tests abnormalities. Results: Serum ferritin levels were low in 174 patients (30.91%), serum iron levels were low in 77 patients (13.68%), hematocrit levels were low in 54 patients (9.59%), vitamin B12 levels were low in 17 patients (3.02%), folic acid levels were low in 51 patients (9.06%), serum T4 levels were low in 3 patients (0.53%) and TSH levels were low in 8 patients (1.15%) due to reference ranges. Conclusion: Since the reasons can differ in TE etiology, in our opinion, biochemical tests, complete blood count and hormonal tests must be done in all TE patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Hair loss often significant impact on quality of life, including loss of self-confidence and self-esteem. However, treatment of hair loss is frustrating for both patients and doctors. Mesotherapy and platelet-rich plasma have recently become advertised method for the treatment of different types of alopecia. The efficacy of these methods in hair loss is controversial in view of lack of documented evidence. It was reviewed the data about the efficacy, safety and treatment protocols of mesotherapy and platelet-rich plasma in patients with hair loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scalp hair has greater social and psychological importance than its' biological significance. In the hair disorder consultation services there are lots of patients who are often considered as "difficult" or "problematic", because of their biopsychosocial problems. When it's considered that the hair loss patients refer to the dermatology clinics in the first step, we can understand the importance of the awareness of the clinicians about the causal and/or consequential relationship between hair diseases and the psychological problems. In this paper, hair loss diseases that are related to primary psychiatric disorders are reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hair loss is a common complaint, both in men and women, and use of prescription medications is widespread. When there is temporal association between the onset of hair loss and commencement of a medication, the medication is commonly thought to have caused the hair loss. Many reports in literature that attribute hair loss to particular medications have not adequately explored the nature of the hair loss and excluded other potential unrelated causes of hair loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scalp hair has greater social and psychological importance than its' biological significance. In the hair disorder consultation services there are lots of patients who are often considered as "difficult" or "problematic", because of their biopsychosocial problems. When it's considered that the hair loss patients refer to the dermatology clinics in the first step, we can understand the importance of the awareness of the clinicians about the causal and/or consequential relationship between hair diseases and the psychological problems. In this paper, hair loss diseases that are related to primary psychiatric disorders are reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Being a common state in the society, iron deficiency might lead to an increase in the dermatological problems associated with it. Alopecia is an important finding among the patients referring to dermatology clinics but studies on different types of alopecia and their relationship with iron deficiency states are controversial and the present data are not sufficient to draw definite conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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