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What does it mean when your hair falls out?
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Hair loss: Hair loss can have many causes -- medications, endocrine disorders, autoimmune disease, or genetics -- i recommend you see your physician for an appropriate workup.
Answered 1/23/2014
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More info?: Many possibilities: male pattern baldness, thyroid disease, skin condition, cancer, chemotherapy, malnutrition, trichotillomania (hair pulling/hair eating), over zealous barber...
Answered 5/2/2015
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