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Please share an interesting fact about overcoming hair loss.

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Dr. Vicki Levine answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Ignore: Have your thyroid and iron (ferritin) levels checked.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. Tracie Leonhardt answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Ignore: Deficiencies in B vitamins can cause hair loss, especially vitamin B7 or biotin.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. Alan Bauman answered

Specializes in Hair Restoration

Sometimes: Sometimes shedding can be a positive sign that your hair growth treatment is working.

Answered 8/14/2020

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Ignore: Finasteride and Rogaine (minoxidil) as quickly as possible used daily.

Answered 6/25/2014

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: Have your thyroid hormones checked if you are losing hair.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Don't wait to long to ask for treatment. It's easier to stop hair loss than to bring back lost hair.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

In: In women, hair loss that is mostly on the top of the head is often due to low estrogen.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Don't brush your hair too excessively . Just enough to look nice and stimulate your scalp a bit.

Answered 6/18/2014

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Dr. Walter Futterweit answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Ignore: Unfortunately all antidepressants but wellbutrin (bupropion) can cause hairloss.Get good psychiatric counseling.

Answered 7/12/2014

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Dr. Leila Hashemi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Reduce stress, eat a well balanced diet, care for your hair, use Rogaine (minoxidil) spray for genetic hair loss.

Answered 7/28/2014

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Ignore: Most forms of generalized hair loss are temporary. Baldness can be treated too; see a dermatologist.

Answered 7/28/2014

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Ignore: Topical minoxidil may help in reducing male pattern hair loss.

Answered 5/25/2015

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Ignore: Some types of hair loss are temporary and return to full growth within a year.

Answered 10/4/2015

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