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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Got Bumps on Your Scalp? Here's How to Treat It - AOL

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   Fungal infections like Malassezia: ... The question of scalp folliculitis and hair loss isn’t simple, but there are ways in which folliculitis can cause hair loss. ... Treatment for Scalp ...

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. Ketoconazole - Wikipedia

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   Ketoconazole, sold under the brand name Nizoral, among others, is an antiandrogen, antifungal, and antiglucocorticoid medication used to treat a number of fungal infections. [11] Applied to the skin it is used for fungal skin infections such as tinea, cutaneous candidiasis, pityriasis versicolor, dandruff, and seborrheic dermatitis. [12]

7. List of types of tinea - Wikipedia

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   Tinea is a very common fungal infection of the skin. Tinea is often called "ringworm" because the rash is circular, with a ring-like appearance. It is sometimes equated with dermatophytosis , and, while most conditions identified as "tinea" are members of the imperfect fungi that make up the dermatophytes , conditions such as tinea nigra and ...

8. How Common Is Teenage Hair Loss? - AOL

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   Scalp fungus (like ringworm) or any other fungal infection on the scalp. ... Hair loss treatments for a balding teenager range from prescriptions like finasteride and minoxidil (for those over 18 ...

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 ...