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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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   Ketoconazole shampoo for hair loss may work, especially if you are experiencing shedding as a result of a fungal scalp infection. Still, the research on ketoconazole for hair loss is much less ...

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

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   Fungal infections like Malassezia: This type of yeast is typically present on the skin but can overgrow and cause folliculitis, especially in oily or humid conditions. Excess sebum production .

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. Cradle cap - Wikipedia

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   Cradle cap is not caused by bacterial infection, allergy or poor hygiene. [4] Cradle cap is also not contagious. [4] Doctors do not agree on what causes cradle cap, but the two most common hypotheses are fungal infection and overactive sebaceous glands. Cradle cap is an inflammatory condition. [4]

7. 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]

8. Kerion - Wikipedia

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   Kerion or kerion celsi is an acute inflammatory process which is the result of the host's response to a fungal ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp (occasionally the beard) that can be accompanied by secondary bacterial infection(s). It usually appears as raised, spongy lesions, and typically occurs in children. [1]

9. What Are the Side Effects of Topical Finasteride? - AOL

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   Tinea capitis, or scalp ringworm, is a type of fungal infection that develops on your scalp and in your hair follicles. It can cause patchy hair loss that affects different parts of your scalp ...