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A member asked:

My wife's hair breaks always while she combs evn while bathing, esp breaks a lot since last 5 days.she feels her hair is getting thinner & might lose it?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

See doctor: She should see a dermatologist who specializes in hair to see if there is a medical cause. Might be underlying medical condition, nutritional deficiency, stress, hormones, external stressor causing the problem.

Dr Nguyen agreed

Answered 12/12/2013

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See derm: See dermatologist for evaluation then treatment can be started for this problem.

Dr Caplin agreed

Answered 2/21/2013

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