Alopecia and hirsutism *

It is not uncommon for female patients to present complaining of alopecia, greasy skin or acne and hirsutisum concommitently—the so‐called androgen dependent abnormalities of skin. These are usually not associated with any specific pathological disease of the endocrine system and have been termed by Shuster (1972), primary cutaneous virilism. Only the alopecia of this type will be considered here. Since the pathogenesis of both alopecia and hirsutism have many common features from the endocrinological point of view, much of their treatment will be considered together.

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