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## Abstract ## Background Hair‐related manifestations such as alopecia areata or telogen effluvium were reported during COVID‐19 disease. Accelerated hair loss with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) pattern or management has not been discussed before. ## Aims This study aimed to examine the accelerated AGA pattern hair loss and management with PRP treatment. ## Materials and Methods This study was designed prospectively and nine patients included to study confirmed PCR test for COVID‐19 infection. Patients underwent platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) injections for 4 sessions. Results were accessed with the hair pull test (HPT) and self‐administered hair growth questionnaire (HGQ). ## Results Nine patients were admitted with complaints of hair loss after an average of 220 ± 24.2 (min: 182 max: 264) day after recovery of COVID‐19. Mean age of the patients was 33.8 ±8.4 years old (min: 26, max: 52). Six (66.7%) patients were male, and three (33.3%) of them were female. HPT score decreased to 6.0 ± 1.6 after the first PRP application (p = 0.007, CI 95%:2.7–5.2) and decreased to 1.2 ± 0.8 after the last PRP session (p = 0.008, CI 95%: 6.4–11.1). Five (55.5%) of the patients described the treatment a

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Author

Akif İşlek; Engin Karaaslan; Sadullah Şimşek; Funda Merve Çetin

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)