Hair loss is a common problem that can be caused by aging, hormonal changes, high-stress levels, or immune system reactions. Not all hair loss is permanent, and treatments may range from cosmetic solutions to transplantation to medications. Dermatologist Mary Margaret Noland, MD, discusses the types of hair loss, their symptoms and treatments.

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There are two main types of alopecia: scarring alopecia and non-scarring alopecia. Most of these, if they’re non-scarring, are either hormonally triggered, stress-induced, or medication-induced. Scarring alopecia often is inflammatory, or your immune system is triggering the alopecia.

Most patients experience increased shedding of hairs. Some people will notice a widened part. Patients that have acute hair loss can have redness, itching, or pain in the scalp, and sometimes tenderness.

Hair regrowth depends on the type of alopecia you have. Non-scarring alopecia does grow back. It does take time, hair grows very slowly. It’s like watching grass grow in your yard. If you look out your window every day, you don’t see anything. But if you look in a month, you’ll see thick, lush grass. The same thing applies to hair growth. It’s very slow, and you’re not going to see it on a day to day basis.

In non-scarring alopecia, you can get full regrowth back to your normal baseline.

With scarring alopecia, scar replaces those hairs. Starting treatment early to prevent further loss is the best option because once those scars overtake a hair follicle, the hair cannot grow back.

Treatment options can span from watchful waiting for your immune system or your level of stress to improve to systemic oral treatments that suppress your immune system. It depends on classifying the type of hair loss that you have. You may start with things like Rogaine or anti-inflammatory shampoos or topical steroids and work your way up to more aggressive oral treatments if need be.

Male-patterned hair loss has a genetic component. However, some hair loss can be caused by internal disease or medications. Dermatologists use physical examination, biopsies and blood tests to make a hair loss diagnosis.

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  4. Hello.. I had got chickenpox recently.. I have hairfall… So how many days will take to recover fr hairfall?

  5. Can telegon efflivium cause pain on the scalp? I have pain when I push on my scalp..

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  7. I was taking Seroquel a bipolar medication is my hair gonna grow back I loss volume of hair I’m not bald but my seems thinner after taking the medication 2 weeks now I’m off the medication

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  9. I have non scaring alopecia
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  12. Nowadays people usually use allopathy medicine for instant relief, but these do not provide the permanent relief, I also suffered a lot from allopathic medicines, as I suffered from hair loss problem, I used all the type of medicines, a different type of oils, shampoo but failed. At last on the suggestion of my one of the friends I follow Ayurveda. And I took the herbal medicines from Planet Ayurveda and get rid of baldness.

  13. Hi , I've discovered I have the same amount of Hair, more in fact on parts of my body that used to be on my head. Like on my Back and Sholders , in my ears and out my nose, My Ass especially .. Im 42 how do I train it to go back to my head .. is Gravity to blame ?

  14. I have low lvls of testosterone and im only 20 years old not only that but Ive been starting to lose hair for a while now and from what everyone has been telling me apparently having high testosterone causes hair lose and more DHT so Ive been really confused as to why im losing hair if I have low testosterone lvls it makes me scared to start medication to boost my testosterone lvls Because if in losing hair now with low lvls then Im thinking I’ll really start losing hair with higher testosterone lvls so Im really starting to wonder if you could lose hair if your lvls are low or if im just really screwed

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  16. I have also genetic baldness problem what can i do..?? I'm only 22 year old boy

  17. i had baldness issue and i came to success after 1 year trying different methods and medications, finally i knew how to get me hair back again without doing transplant

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