The most common causes of hyperandrogenism presenting in a teenage girl are functional ovarian hyperandrogenism, one manifestation of which is polycystic ovary syndrome, and functional adrenal hyperandrogenism, which usually seems to be due to an exaggeration of adrenarche. The plasm...
My brain went into “it’s not fair” mode pretty quickly. I know that it’s just hair, but she’s a teenage girl and that’s hard enough without something that sets you apart. Part of me wanted to scream. I didn’t say any of these things to her. I told ...
TEENAGE girlsBALDNESSANDROGEN-insensitivity syndromeADOLESCENCESYNDROMESThis article discusses a rare case of Graham Little-Piccardi-Lassueur Syndrome (GLPLS) with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA) in an adolescent girl. GLPLS is characterized by cicatricial alopecia of the scalp, noncicatricial alopecia ...