Hair manifestations of endocrine diseases: A brief review

Keshavamurthy Vinay, Gitesh U Sawatkar, Sunil Dogra

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology 2018 84(5):528-538

Hair disorders are common in clinical practice and depending upon social and ethnic norms, it can cause significant psychosocial distress. Hair growth, cycling and density are regulated by many endogenous factors, mainly circulating hormones. Thus, diseases affecting the endocrine system can cause varied changes in physiological hair growth and cycling. Diagnosis and treatment of these disorders require a multidisciplinary approach involving a dermatologist, gynecologist and an endocrinologist. In this review, we briefly discuss the influence of hormones on the hair cycle and hair changes in various endocrine disorders.

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