A 20 yo patient has severe body acne and full head of hair.
Acne is resistant to antibiotics or goes into slight remission and comes back after pharmacotherapy, light therapy can little or nothing to help him.
The only remedy left is high-dosage isotretinoin treatment, it' known to effective, however, there's small risk of hair thinning or sped up hair loss.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35199047/
Imagine yourself in the patients shoes.
What scares you more? Acne or a Norwoodrapist reaper.
Acne is resistant to antibiotics or goes into slight remission and comes back after pharmacotherapy, light therapy can little or nothing to help him.
The only remedy left is high-dosage isotretinoin treatment, it' known to effective, however, there's small risk of hair thinning or sped up hair loss.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35199047/
Imagine yourself in the patients shoes.
What scares you more? Acne or a Norwood
