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I've been having excessive hair loss whenever i bathe nowadays...just wonderin if it is a serious condition.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Hair loss in and of: It's self is not a serious condition. However, sometimes there can be medical conditions associated with hair loss. Your physician would be best to sort this out. Take care.

Answered 3/3/2014

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