 In addition to acne, flutamide has been found to produce an 80% or greater decrease in scores of seborrhea and androgen-dependent scalp hair loss.Moreover, in combination with a combined birth control pill, flutamide treatment resulted in an increase in cosmetically acceptable scalp hair density in almost all women suffering from pattern hair loss in one small study.Bicalutamide is an appealing alternative to flutamide for the treatment of androgen-dependent skin and hair conditions in women because flutamide has a considerable risk of serious liver toxicity, which bicalutamide does not share.