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Hair conditions: Introduction

Any condition affecting the hair. Some examples of hair conditions are alopecia, head lice and dandruff. Hair loss is probably one of the more distressing hair conditions especially if it occurs in women. ...more »

Symptoms of Hair conditions

• Hair falling out
• Excessive hair
• Absence of hair
• Loss of hair
• Rash on head
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 9 symptoms of Hair conditions

Wrongly Diagnosed with Hair conditions?

• Misdiagnosis of Hair conditions
• Hidden causes of Hair conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Hair conditions: Related Patient Stories

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Types of Hair conditions

• Dandruff
• Alopecia
• Alopecia Areata
• Baldness
• Folliculitis
• more types...»

See full list of 354 Types of Hair conditions

Causes of Hair conditions

Read more about causes of Hair conditions.

More information about causes of Hair conditions:

• Hair conditions as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Hair conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hair conditions:

• Hair replacement surgery
• Hair transplant
• Hair transplantation
• Micrograft
• Minigraft
• Alopecia
• Hair growth
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Hair conditions

Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis. Researchers estimate that...read more »

Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur in African...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Hair conditions

Hair conditions: Animations

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Research about Hair conditions

Visit our research pages for current research about Hair conditions treatments.

Clinical Trials for Hair conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hair conditions include:

• Copper Histidine Therapy for Menkes Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Copper Histidine
• Phase II Randomized Bilateral Comparison of Topical Targretin Gel 1% in Alopecia Areata - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Targretin Gel 1%
• Alopecia Areata Registry - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) Light Therapy in the Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Conditions - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Ultraviolet B (UVB) Light Therapy in the Treatment of Skin Conditions With Altered Dermal Matrix - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 24 Clinical Trials for Hair conditions

Hair conditions: Broader Related Topics

• Head Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Hair conditions

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