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I shedding more than 100 hairs i think that i have tellogen effluvium can you tell me what test i should have to do and what think i have to do and can treatment reverse the hairloss?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Hair loss: Hair loss can be telogen effluvium, but other possibilites would include the following: androgen alopecia (male pattern baldness), tinea capitis, syphilis, trichotillomania, traction alopecia, metabolic or drugs. Thyroid problem can be a cause for thyroid issues.

Answered 9/24/2019

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Depends on cause: For a college-aged guy with excess hair loss, his pediatrician or family medicine doctor can look for medical causes. If no causes are found, then he can see a dermatologist, especially one specializing in hair loss. Medical causes may include: hormonal problems (low thyroid), seborrhea, alopecia areata, stressful illness. Other causes: genetic male or female pattern baldness, telogen effluvium...

Answered 9/25/2019

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