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Hair loss

Symptoms of Hair loss

• Loss of hair - may be partial or complete
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Treatments for Hair loss

• Biotin - possibly used for treatment of related biotin deficiency
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hair loss?

• Misdiagnosis of Hair loss
• Failure to diagnose Hair loss
• Hidden causes of Hair loss (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Hair loss

Alternative Treatments for Hair loss

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Hair loss may include:

• Lavender oil
• Saw palmetto
• Nettle
• Pygeum
• Zinc
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Curable Types of Hair loss

Possibly curable types of Hair loss include:

• Mycotic infections related hair loss
• Iron deficiency anemia related hair loss
• Chemotherapy related baldness hair loss
• Lupus erythematosus related hair loss
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Rare Types of Hair loss:

Rare types of Hair loss include:

• Alopecia areata
• Hypothyroidism related hair loss
• Hyperthyroidism related hair loss
• Trichotillomania
• Lichen planis related hair loss
• Folliculitis decalvans related hair loss
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Hair loss: Complications

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Causes of Hair loss

• Vasculitis
• Vitamin H deficiency
• Mitoxantrone
• Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex
• Ablepharon-macrostomia syndrome
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See full list of 72 causes of Hair loss

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More information about causes of Hair loss:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Hair loss (444 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Hair loss (2 listings)
• Hair loss as a complication caused by other conditions
• Hair loss as a symptom
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Misdiagnosis and Hair loss

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 about 1 per 100...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...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Hair loss

Medical research articles related to Hair loss include:

• Single agent versus combination chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer
• Comparison of gemcitabine and carboplatin versus cisplatin and etoposide for patients with poor-prognosis small cell lung cancer
• For a woman who develops alopecia areata is this associated with the use of combined oral contraception?
• Is a low level laser light brush (Hairmax) effective for treating hair loss?
• Finasteride
• Is there any evidence to suggest that the use of the combined oral contraceptive (Marvelon) causes hair loss
• Subcutaneous efalizumab is not effective in the treatment of alopecia areata
• more research...»

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Hair loss: Animations

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Hair loss: Broader Related Topics

• Hair conditions
• Head conditions
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Types of Hair loss

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Definitions of Hair loss:

Baldness; absence of hair from skin areas where it is normally present. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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