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2. Ketoconazole Shampoo for Hair Loss: Does It Work?

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   But if your hair loss is caused by a fungal scalp infection, ketoconazole’s antifungal properties can treat the infection, stopping the related hair loss and allowing healthy hair to grow back ...

3. Common Types of Scalp Fungi & How to Treat Them - AOL

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   If you have a fungal infection on your scalp, you may experience patchy hair loss, with small, round bald patches forming in certain parts of your scalp. The hair in the affected area may become ...

4. Bumps on Your Scalp? You May Have Folliculitis: What to Know

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   Fungal infections like Malassezia. ... Long-term use of antibiotics or steroids can alter the skin's natural flora and make it more ... The question of scalp folliculitis and hair loss isn’t ...

5. Tinea capitis - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other fungal skin infections that may be treated with topical therapies like creams applied directly to the affected area, griseofulvin must be taken orally to be effective; this allows the drug to penetrate the hair shaft where the fungus lives. The effective therapy rate of this treatment is generally high, in the range of 88–100%. [12]

6. Folliculitis - Wikipedia

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   Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a disorder occurring when hair curves back into the skin and causes inflammation. Eosinophilic folliculitis may appear in persons with impaired immune systems. Folliculitis decalvans or tufted folliculitis usually affects the scalp. Several hairs arise from the same hair follicle. Scarring and permanent hair loss ...

7. We Ask a Dermatologist: Does Peppermint Oil Help with Hair ...

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   The scalp is very sensitive and is vulnerable to skin imbalances, itchiness and dandruff—which are usually caused by minor fungal infections.” Bottom Line. Our hair craves oil in order to keep ...

8. Non scarring hair loss - Wikipedia

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   Fungal Culture. Scalp is scraped and the specimen is incubated for fungal growth commonly seen in tinea capitis. [10] Scalp biopsy. If the diagnosis of hair loss is unclear or not responsive to the treatment, a scalp biopsy may be required. Scalp biopsy will show evidence of inflammation, location, and change in the follicles.

9. Is It a Cowlick or Balding? How to Tell the Difference - AOL

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   Tinea capitis, a form of hair loss that can develop as a result of a fungal infection in your scalp. Cicatricial alopecia ( scarring alopecia ), a form of hair loss that happens when scar tissue ...