Response to Ong et al, "Hair-raising costs: Evaluating botulinum toxin treatment for androgenetic alopecia"

André Luiz Vairo Donda; Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida; Daniel Fernandes Melo; Paulo Müller Ramos; Carla Jorge Machado; Sidney Frattini; Daniela Alves Pereira Antelo; Carlos Baptista Barcaui

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.041

Response to Ong et al, "Hair-raising costs: Evaluating botulinum toxin treatment for androgenetic alopecia"

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Jan;92(1):e27. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.041. Epub 2024 Sep 29.

Authors

André Luiz Vairo Donda¹, Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida¹, Daniel Fernandes Melo², Paulo Müller Ramos³, Carla Jorge Machado⁴, Sidney Frattini⁵, Daniela Alves Pereira Antelo¹, Carlos Baptista Barcaui¹

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Dermatology Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: danielfernandesmelo@yahoo.com.br.
³ Dermatology Department, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil.
⁴ Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁵ Grand River Hospital and Saint Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 39349182
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.041

No abstract available

Keywords: alopecia; androgenetic alopecia; botulinum toxin; clinical trial; hair count; hair-to-hair matching; male androgenetic alopecia; randomized controlled clinical trial; treatment; trichoscopy.

Publication types

Letter