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  2. Hair Loss in Women: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Female pattern hair loss (FPHL). This is also called female pattern baldness, androgenetic alopecia, or androgenic alopecia (AGA). It’s the most common cause of hair loss in women. FPHL usually ...

  3. Telogen Effluvium vs. Androgenetic Alopecia: How These ... - AOL

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    Alopecia totalis is a rare form of alopecia areata that causes widespread hair loss on your scalp, likely due to an autoimmune condition. How to Treat Telogen Effluvium Telogen effluvium is treatable.

  4. Is My Hairline Receding? Know The 7 Stages - AOL

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    Male pattern hair loss is a common experience — research shows that around 16 percent of men ages 18 to 29, and 53 percent of men between 40 and 49 years old, have moderate to extensive ...

  5. Non scarring hair loss - Wikipedia

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    Hair loss may be spread throughout the scalp (diffuse) or at certain spots (focal). The loss may be sudden or gradual with accompanying stress. The most common cause is androgenetic alopecia, also known as male pattern or female pattern hair loss due to the effects of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the hair follicles.

  6. Hair loss - Wikipedia

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    The cause of male-pattern hair loss is a combination of genetics and male hormones; the cause of female pattern hair loss is unclear; the cause of alopecia areata is autoimmune; and the cause of telogen effluvium is typically a physically or psychologically stressful event. [4] Telogen effluvium is very common following pregnancy. [4]

  7. Alopecia areata - Wikipedia

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    Alopecia areata (AA), also known as spot baldness, is a condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body. [12] [1] It often results in a few bald spots on the scalp, each about the size of a coin. [7]

  8. Can Stress Actually Cause Female Hair Loss? - AOL

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    How Does Stress Cause Hair Loss? For many women, hair loss does have a hereditary component and is influenced by hormonal and genetic factors — like sensitivity to dihydrotestosterone .

  9. Traction alopecia - Wikipedia

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    Traction alopecia is a type of alopecia or hair loss caused by a chronic pulling force being applied to the hair. [1] It commonly results from a person frequently wearing their hair in a particularly tight ponytail, pigtails, or braids with increased likelihood when hair is chemically relaxed as this compromises the hair shaft's tensile strength resulting in hair breakage.