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Hair loss, receding hairline

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Hair loss, receding hairline

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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Male pattern baldness
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Hypopituitarism
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A 34-year old male asked:

Noticing hair loss, receding hairline. Some hairs are turning white/gray and wiry. Anything at all I can do to prevent further ?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 17-year old male asked:

Whats the best way to treat hair loss / receding hairline in a teenager. With already trying hair regrow rollers, biotin, some shampoos? Symptoms are receding hairline, thinning hair with a itchy / flaky irritated scalp?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old male asked:

Are there any proven cures or medications for male hair loss? Especially front receding hairline. Natural supplements, rogaine, minoxidil, have read about, but what really works?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 17-year old male asked:

Receding hairline.What is your advice? Best product to stop, slow, hair loss?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

Could you tell me what hair loss product will slow or stop my receding hairline?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 25-year old male asked:

I am experiencing hair loss (quality: rising hairline, patchy spots) .

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old male asked:

If a mans hairline is thinning up front can wearing a hat make it worse or cause hair loss? Thanks

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 93-year old female asked:

Can wearing a ponytail cause hair loss? It hasn't happened around the temples or hairline, but in other parts, yes, like on top of the parietal.

3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 19-year old male asked:

I'm 16 and seeing changes in my hairline. My dad and his family has no hair loss and my grandpa on my mums side only has mild thinning at 61. Mpb?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old male asked:

Does seborrheic dermatitis causes severe hair loss and mainly at hairline??

3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old male asked:

I am experiencing hair loss (quality: rising hairline) . The following also describe me: Stress and Pale skin. What should I do?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 50-year old female asked:

I am experiencing hair loss (quality: rising hairline) . The following also describes me: Irregular menstrual periods. What should I do?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

Hairl loss at the hairline like patch of no hair at in my teenage year n use betnovate scalp lotion n hair star to grow back, went away for so many year now its start again itchy scalp n hairloss at my hairline n hair fall wat could it be its problem?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 21-year old male asked:

Is it possible for Sertraline to cause a receding hairline? If so, how can a medication that reduces stress levels cause more hair loss?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old male asked:

I get sharp shooting and throbbing pain in my scalp and in my temples. I've been experiencing hair loss in the areas where I have pain. What do u think the reason is?. I am 18, i started having hairless at 14 and my hairline is receding, am I balding?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 33-year old male asked:

Slowly progressive, diffuse midfrontal hair loss over 1.5 years; most noticeable immediately behind widows peak hairline, where gentle brushing with fingers elicits pain at some hair roots. Rare, transient, erythema on the scalp of this area.Ideas?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 29-year old male asked:

Hello i had small pimple on my hairline about 2 weeks ago. Now, pimple is longer there on my scalp, but I lost hair on that same spot where I had pimple. Is this hair loss permanent?

1 doctor answer • 7 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

Hairlin is not straight at sides its recending a bit , want to know if i wil have hair loss and how to cure it , my dad had it but his brothers didnt?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

21 yo F. Hit in head with softball above forehead on hairline 8 hrs ago. No loss of consc. Only symptoms are headache and local pain. Should I worry?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 19-year old male asked:

How to fight a receding hairline/thinning hair at the age of 19. Help me save my hair!

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

Only 22 years old and my hair seems thinner and small part of hairline looks like it's receding. Grows very slow. What could cause this? Thyroid?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 27-year old male asked:

A- If my receding hairline was caused by deficiency, then will the hair grow back in the bald area if I correct the defcy? B- Is it likely/unlikely?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 18-year old male asked:

I am just 18 and I am facing hair thinning, hair fall and receding hairline. I am very stressed because of that I don't know what to do I want to cure it?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 19-year old male asked:

From 13 I began to take extremely hot showers and washed my hair I started to get a receding hairline I'm 19 hair is thinning significantly?

1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

Why do my baby hairs around my hairline (close to temples) grow swirly, going in towards my face? And why didn't 6 sessions of laser get rid of them?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 21-year old male asked:

Why do I've a small number of small transparent hairs along the edges of the frontal hairline that are visible in bright light.On the left edge of the forehead,hair grows less often than on the right,while their thickness is the same.Is it Androg al?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 20-year old female asked:

Is it okay to shampoo your hair daily if you have seborrheic dermatitis? I'm starting to lose hair at the hairline and am only 18 years of age?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

I suspect havin lot of grey hair at front hairline & sides coz of drinking strong coffee 3-4 times a day for a mnth. What shld I do 2 get rid of them?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 22-year old male asked:

My hairfall is genetic so having it since 16. My hairline has gone back an inch. Skin is visible in light or in wet hairs. Dandruff is there. Head, face and back has acen/pimples of puberty. Can i stop genetic hairfall and bring back fallen hairs?

2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 52-year old asked:

How do I wash my hair if I have shingles (herpes zoster) extending deep into my hairline?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

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