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A 22-year-old male asked:

hair falls when i have short hair.does not fall when i have neck long hair.how? why?i am 23 male

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Dr. Mary Bergum answered

Family Medicine 20 years experience

Hair loss: The rate of hair loss is not related to the length of the hair. You can have increased loss with trauma, stress or thyroid abnormalities.

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