Open AccessHair manifestations of endocrine diseases: A brief review
Author(s) -
Keshavamurthy Vinay,
Gitesh U Sawatkar,
Sunil Dogra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/ijdvl.ijdvl_671_17
Subject(s) - endocrine system , psychosocial , hair growth , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , distress , hormone , physiology , endocrinology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social science , sociology
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.