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- Alopecia areata – Causes and Associated Conditions
- Alopecia Areata Information
- Alopecia Areata Treatment
- Course of Sudden Hair Loss Telogen Effluvium
- Evaluation and Treatment of Sudden Hairloss Telogen Effluvium
- Female Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss Causes
- Female Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss in Women
- Female Pattern Hair Loss Evaluation and Testing
- Female Pattern Hair Loss Treatment
- Hair loss and Alopecia Introduction
- Hair Loss Due To Hair Pulling – Trichotillomania
- Hair Loss Treatment and Male Pattern Baldness Medicine
- Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome
- Male Patern Baldness Causes and Hair Loss
- Male Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss Information
- Sudden Hair Loss Telogen Effluvium
- Traction Alopecia Hair Loss
- Traction Alopecia Hair Loss Treatment
- Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Clinical
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Histology
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Treatment
- Follicular Degeneration Syndrome
- Folliculitis Decalvans – Clinical
- Folliculitis Decalvans Treatment
- Hair Loss Alopecia With Scarring Information
- Lichen Planopilaris
- Lichen Planopilaris – Clinical Features
- Lichen Planopilaris Treatment
Video Topics
Hair loss and Alopecia Introduction
Alopecia is simply defined as any type of hair loss. The alopecias are conventionally grouped into non-scarring and scarring categories. Non-scarring alopecias ma be localized or diffuse. Since the follicles are not destroyed in the non-scarring alopecias, there is potential for regrowth or return to normal hair density in these conditions. Scarring alopecias result in follicular destruction and permanent hair loss. There is some confusion in this categorization scheme because some of the non-scarring alopecias can eventuate over many years into areas of permanent alopecia through follicular drop-out.?
When confronted with a patient complaining of alopecia, one must take a relevant history, perform an appropriate physical exam and obtain pertinent laboratory tests, including a scalp biopsy, if indicated.