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  1. Hair Loss 
    https://medlineplus.gov/hairloss.html
    There are many causes for hair loss. One is alopecia areata, a disease that affects the hair follicles. Read about it and other hair loss issues here.
  2. Coping with cancer - hair loss 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000914.htm
    Cancer treatment - alopecia; Chemotherapy - hair loss; Radiation - hair loss ... kills fast-growing cells. While chemo can cause hair loss all over your body, radiation only affects the ...
  3. NFL Quarterback Joshua Dobbs: Alopecia shouldn’t stand in your way | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...-alopeciaalopecia-doesnt-have-me
    ... Player shares self-confidence tips for others with hair loss Joshua Dobbs is a triple threat. He's a ... leading advocate for those with alopecia areata, a hair loss condition he has had since childhood. He spoke ...
  4. Male pattern baldness 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001177.htm
    Alopecia in men; Baldness - male; Hair loss in men; Androgenetic alopecia ... based on the appearance and pattern of the hair loss. Hair loss may be due to other conditions. ...
  5. Female pattern baldness 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001173.htm
    Alopecia in women; Baldness - female; Hair loss in women; Androgenetic alopecia in women; Hereditary balding or thinning in women ... through the center hair part. This pattern of hair loss is known as Christmas tree pattern. The front ...
  6. Hair loss 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003246.htm
    Loss of hair; Alopecia; Baldness; Scarring alopecia; Non-scarring alopecia ... Hair loss usually develops gradually. It may be patchy or all over (diffuse). Normally, you lose roughly 100 ...
  7. Alopecia areata 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001450.htm
    Alopecia totalis; Alopecia universalis; Ophiasis; Hair loss - patchy ... men, women, and children. In a few people, hair loss may occur after a major life event such ...
  8. "It doesn’t define you": Living with alopecia areata | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...-you-living-with-alopecia-areata
    ... people experience cycles of hair regrowth, followed by hair loss, for years. It’s not painful, but it can ... into her natural hair. But this caused more hair loss. Brittney finally asked her coach if she could ...
  9. Hair problems | Hair loss | MedlinePlus 
    https://medlineplus.gov/hairproblems.html
    ... Common problem with the hair and scalp include hair loss , infections, and flaking . Start Here Common Hair Problems ( ... Topics Dandruff, Cradle Cap, and Other Scalp Conditions Hair Loss National Institutes of Health The primary NIH organization ...
  10. MedlinePlus Drug Information: Finasteride 
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a698016.html
    ... Propecia) is also used to treat male pattern hair loss (gradual thinning of the hair on the scalp, ... the temples and is not used to treat hair loss in women or children. Finasteride is in a ...
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