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I'm a 19 yo male my hair is thinning and miniaturizing all over my scalp (frontal top crown vertex sides and back) for a year now what could this be?
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Get seen: A thyroid check is in order as is an evaluation for telogen effluvium. You also list a diagnosis of and treatment for androgenic alopecia / male pattern baldness. This is usually unmistakable but doesn't get the entire scalp.
Answered 7/1/2013
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