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2. General Information
• The human head had 100,000 hair
follicles
• Hair grows 1 centimeter every month
• 90% of the hair on your head is growing
at one time
• Hair Loss occurs in both men and
women
3. Causes
1) Genetic
• Male-Pattern Baldness (Androgenic alopecia) is caused by
a sex hormone called DHT
• It is sex linked autosomal dominant
1) Hormonal
• Hair can fall out when the thyroid glad is either overactive
or under active
1) Hair will also fall out during an illness or surgery due to stress
2) Chemotherapy also causes hair to fall out
3) 3 months after having a baby women tend to loose hair because
of the hormone changes
4) Hair can also call out because of a fungal infection
4. Symptoms
Hair falls out in chucks or the natural hair line
recedes
Hair may thin in certain spots instead of falling
out
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5. Treatment
There is no treatment for genetic male-
pattern baldness (Alopecia) or for
hormonal hair loss
Hair grows very fast so for most other hair
loss (stress, illness, or chemotherapy) it is
only temporary
Rogaine is used by some men to help hair
grow is any bald spots
Hair transplants are also used
6. Cures and Prevention
There are no cures for hair loss
There is not really any prevention for
hair loss either other then taking good
care of your hair
8. Links
FamilyDoctor.org (medical site on hair
loss)
Wikipedia (information of baldness)
Medline Plus (great information on hair
loss and great pictures)
USA Today (Health Encyclopedia -
Diseases and Conditions)
Medicinenet.com (more good information)
FloridaHealthFinder (hair transplant
information)