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Hair Diseases and Hair Loss
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From the National Institutes of Health
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- Questions and Answers about Alopecia Areata (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Baldness (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hair Loss and Its Causes (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Keeping the Luster in Your Locks: The Four Most Common Hair Concerns (American Academy of Dermatology)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Hair Restoration Treatments (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
- Understanding Hair Replacement: Surgery of The Scalp (American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Coping
- Coping
- Cancer Chemotherapy: How Do I Deal with Losing My Hair? (American Cancer Society)
- Chemotherapy and You: Coping with Side Effects (National Cancer Institute)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Alopecia
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Also available in: Spanish - Alopecia Areata: Frequently Asked Questions (National Alopecia Areata Foundation)
- Causes and Treatment of Hirsutism (UpToDate)
- Folliculitis (American Osteopathic College of Dermatology)
- Gray Hair: What Causes It? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heading Off Hair-Care Disasters: Use Caution With Relaxers and Dyes (Food and Drug Administration)
- Hirsutism (Excess Hair) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Merkel Cell Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Poliosis (Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth)
- Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss (American Osteopathic College of Dermatology)
- Vaccines and Hair Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Alopecia (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hair Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Animal Model Helps Scientists Study Common Skin Disease (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Skin, Hair, and Nails (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Dermatology
- National Alopecia Areata Foundation
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Also available in: Spanish
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Alopecia Areata Facts (National Alopecia Areata Foundation)
- Hair Loss (Nemours Foundation)
Men
- Men
- Male Pattern Baldness (American Medical Association)
- Male Pattern Hair Loss (Androgenetic Alopecia) (UpToDate)