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Hair
How Many Hairs Should You Lose a Day?
It’s easy to panic after noticing a large clump of hair strands on your pillow, in the shower drain or elsewhere in your home. While shedding some amount of hair is normal, shedding an abnormally large amount of hairs during your sleep or after you wash your hair could indicate ...
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Myth Busting: The Baldness Gene
Instead of settling for socks, coupons, or tacky sweaters, families all across the nation have been giving each other a more exciting holiday gift — DNA testing kits. In addition to assessing your ancestral history, these kits also test for the presence of different genes that range from the trivial ...
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Hair
Finasteride Side Effects: What Are They, And Are They Common?
The following is informational only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. Developed in the 1980s and in use since the 1990s, finasteride is one of the widely prescribed and well studied hair loss drugs available. Side effects ...
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Scarring Alopecia: How Scarring Can Cause You to Lose Hair
Most hair loss, whether temporary hair shedding or permanent hair loss that’s caused by male pattern baldness, occurs with no scarring. Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, is an uncommon type of hair loss that’s accompanied by scarring. Instead of simply damaging the hair follicles, scarring alopecia involves completely destroying the ...
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