现已充分确认雄性激素增多在多毛症发生发展中起关键作用。在正常妇女,雄性激素由卵巢及肾上腺合成,而多毛的女性,睾酮分泌增加似乎主要来源于卵巢。已有某些抗雄性激素活性的化合物用于治疗多毛症,其中环丙氯地孕酮(cyproterone acetate)已有广泛研究,并证明其疗效,但其副作用如肾上腺皮质机能 It has been fully confirmed that the increase in male hormones play a key role in the development of hirsutism. In normal women, androgens are synthesized by the ovary and the adrenal gland, whereas in the hirsute female, the increase in testosterone secretion appears to be mainly from the ovary. Some anti-androgen activity compounds have been used in the treatment of hirsutism, of which cyproterone acetate has been extensively studied and demonstrated its efficacy, but its side effects such as adrenal cortex function