Symptoms
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Possible Diagnosis
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Possible Health & Hair Care
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| Are you a senior & your hair
is slowly thinning out? |
Normal aging process |
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| Are you a man with
gradual hair loss in front or
crown area? |
Male pattern baldness, |
Always check with your doctor
first. Rogaine, Propecia or
other medicines are available.
Cosmetic hair system hair
replacement or surgical hair
transplant are other options.
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Are a woman gradual hair
loss in front or diffused hair
loss all around?
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Female pattern baldness |
Always check with your doctor
first. Rogaine, Propecia or
other prescription medicines are
available. Cosmetic hair system
hair replacement or surgical
hair transplant maybe some
options.
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| Are you a woman
during
menopause,
or during
pregnancy or the months after
giving birth? |
Estrogen levels decrease &
testosterone increases, causing
hair loss.
Female hormonal imbalance problem. |
Check
with your doctor for
hormonal imbalance problem |
| Are you a woman
using birth control pills? |
Female hormonal imbalance problem |
Consult with your doctor about
switching to another pill. |
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Is your hair falls out in small
patches? |
Alopecia Areata hair loss, an
autoimmune disease
which may progress to complete
hair loss.
|
Check with your doctor for
medical diagnosis
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| Does your hair fall
out in small patches & these
patches are red, or itchy? |
Possible Ringworm or other skin
condition |
Check
with your doctor
for fungal infection affecting the
hair follicles |
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Are you taking any new medications
or steroids? |
Hair loss may be side effect of
the medication
|
Check with your doctor
|
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Are you
under chemo and radiation therapies? |
Hair loss is known to occur while
using these products.
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Hair growth should resume after
treatments stop |
| Do you feel stress
in your life? |
Psychological reason |
Check
with your doctor
about your stress |
| Do you feel abnormally tired
or weak? |
Health issue |
Check with your doctor for
overactive or under active thyroid
gland,
iron or zinc imbalance .
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Do you have anxiety
habits, such as, compulsive hair
pulling or scalp rubbing? |
Damage to hair follicles due
to nervous behavior is known
as tri-chotillomania |
Check with your
doctor to address the
psychological reasons
of the anxiety
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Have you used any strong chemicals
on your hair recently, like perm,
or hair straighter? |
Scarring alopecia
due to inflammation of hair
follicles |
Stop any use of
harsh chemical immediately.
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| Are you using tight braids or
other hair pulling styles? |
Scarring alopecia hair loss
due to scarring of the scalp area. The condition occurs in
African-American women and due to persistent tight braiding of hair.
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Stop pulling your hair roots,
tight braiding immediately
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