Question 1

what causes hair loss?

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Too many reasons: Stress, hormonal disturbance, infection (of hair follicles), chemotherapy/use of immunosuppressant, autoimmune disorders, thyroid disease, just name a few.

Question 2

hair loss: common causes?

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Genetic: The hair loss pattern is often genetic.  A look at your parents may provide the answer. Thyroid diseases, iron deficiency, and stress may cause hair loss as well.

Question 3

what can cause hair loss?

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Many...: There are many possible causes of hair loss. Hair loss can be caused by a medication, physical or emotional stress, anemia, thyroid disease, hormonal changes, autoimmune diseases or simply age/genetic. Your doctor will help you determine the reason for the loss.  When it's due to aging, we can treat it with rogaine (minoxidil).

Question 4

what causes female hair loss?

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Plenty of factors: There are several reasons for female hair loss = hormonal, genetic, medications, environmental.  Some of these can be evaluated by blood tests or looking through the meds you are taking or checking your family's hair histoty.  The one that you can do something about is the environmental = your stress level, amount of rest you're getting, your hair products.

Question 5

can ionic hair dryer cause hair loss?

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Ionic hair dryer: Only if it is not used carefully.
Read all the instructions.
Better still go online and look up all you can about "Ionic Hair Dryer" and then "Potential side effects of ionic hair dryer".

Do the wrong think and you won't like the outcome.

Question 6

can ionic hairdryers cause hair loss?

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Any trauma: To the hair can damage the hair protein and cause the hair to break off. These include heat, chemicals, physical trauma etc. The ionic hairdryer is no more or less a trauma than regular hairdryers. It's the heat that causes the damage.

Question 7

what could cause hair loss at the age of 23?

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Lots: You should see your dermatologist for treatment and evaluation to get the correct diagnosis and treatment.

Question 8

what are the causes of hair loss in age 18-22?

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Stress or thyroid pr: Mostly come from stress or thyroid problem. Sometime scalp infection can cause hair loss. Go see your doctor to get a full exam.

Question 9

do "noogies" damage the hair or cause hair loss?

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Noogies hair loss: Do "noogies" damage the hair or cause hair loss? ANS: Please define exactly what you mean by a noogie as the definition seems to vary by the part of the world you are in. Also define how often and how hard a noogie you are talking about. I do no recall how you express the power of a noogie. Do you have a standard unit for a your noogie? Is is expressed as noogie or millinoogies? Send details.

Question 10

does blow drying hair cause permanent hair loss?

Accepted Answer

No: This should not cause hair loss from the dryer.  There is likely another reason.

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