Dermatology

Since December 2019, the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) from Wuhan, China, has been the aetiological agent of COVID-19 disease, an infectious disease that has evolved into a global pandemic.1 Androgenetic alopecia (AGA), the most common type of alopecia,2 is an androgen-dependent condition, the main androgen responsible for the follicular pathology being dihydrotestosterone.3

One year after the identification of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Wuhan, China, and the outbreak of the virus worldwide, the pandemic state persists, and the management of COVID-19 remains burdensome, with the number of people infected daily increasing progressively in most countries and the death rate being alarmingly elevated.1