Hair Disorders
Dermatologists diagnose and treat a variety of hair disorders. Some of the hair disorders are congenital and are present since birth, others develop later in life. There is a long list of causes for hair loss. Each of these causes requires specific approach to therapy. A partial list of caused for hair loss is listed below.
- Male pattern baldness
- Androgenetic alopecia
- Fungal infection such as "black dot" tinea or tinea capitis
- Chemical breakage such as over processing, or frequent use of chemical relaxer
- Heat damage as from repeated hot comb use
- Chronic exposure to traction on hair shaft such as "traction" alopecia
- Compulsive hair pulling such as trichotillomania
- Hypothyroidism
- Iron deficiency
- Alopecia areata
- Telogen effluvium resulting from physical or psychological stress
- Hereditary disorder of the hair shaft or genodermatoses
- Secondary syphillis can cause "moth eaten hairloss"
- Discoid lupus erythematosus or chronic cutanous lupus erythematosus
- Lichenplanopilaris
- Pseudopelade of Brocq
- Tufted folliculitis
- Dissecting cellulitis
- Alopecia mucinosa
- Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
- Adverse effect from certain drugs such as chemotherapy
- Testosterone booster tablets
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