Hair Loss Basics...
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Beard Growth Disorders
Loss of hair on the top of your head can be traumatic, but a lesser known problem that afflicts a lot of men is beard growth trouble. Whether you're struggling to...
Causes of Corkscrew Hair
Corkscrew hair can be a symptom of a number of medical conditions. This strange hair type is fragile and breaks easily, often resulting in a href=http://ww...
Coping With Thinning Eyelashes
While most discussions of hair loss focus on head hair, there are other places where it can be a problem, too. One of the most noticeable of these is the eyelashes....
Hair Loss and Cancer Risk
Along with the immediate distress and difficulties they cause, certain types of hair loss have now been linked to an increase in cancer risk. Fortunately, most...
Hair Loss in Adolescence
Adolescence is a difficult time for anybody, a time when it's particularly important to feel confident and have a good self-image. Unfortunately, it's also the time...
Hair Loss Myths
Although the medical understanding of hair loss, especially that loss associated with male pattern baldness, has come along way in recent years, there are still a...
Hair Loss: A Hidden Epidemic
When you're losing your hair, it's common to feel isolated. If it happens while you're young, you may feel like the only person in the world with that sort of...
Inflammation and Hair Loss
Inflammation of the scalp can occur for all sorts of reasons, including allergy, illness, injury or poisoning. Whatever the cause, it can have a bad effect on your...
One-sided Hair Loss
Is it possible to lose the hair on just one side of your head? It sounds strange, but the answer is yes. Sometimes this is just an unusual variation on a h...
Partial Hair Loss
Losing your hair is always difficult, but one of the hardest types to deal with can be partial hair loss. Whether it's thinning dramatically or coming out in...
Permanent Hair Loss
While most causes of hair loss, such as disease, illness, hormonal changes, medications, and chemotherapy, are temporary in nature, some causes can lead to permanent...
Structure of the Hair
All new hair growth begins at the hair follicle. The follicle is a sack-like structure that is found just under the skin. Each follicle contains a blood vessel that...
Temporary Hair Loss
Everyone experiences some hair shedding each day, usually in the 100 to 150 hair strand range. However, if you have noticed a more than normal amount of hair...
What is Hair Loss?
Hair loss is defined as the loss of a significant amount of hair at any given point in your life. There are many causes of hair loss, some of which are temporary and...
