| THE ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT: |
- The article answers tha queestion from a 43-year old woman who
suffers from gradual hiar loss over the past 9 months. Male pattern baldness is not a
major focus of this article. In summary, the author discusses the following in response to
the question:
- For this particular patient, conditions that require the most
attention are telogen or anagen defluvium. They are usually caused by one of the following
drugs:
- anticoagulants
- cytotoxic agents
- vitamin A derivatives
- B blockers
- antithyroid agents
- exposure to toxins
- system illness
- Telogen defluvium is the likely suspect for the patient because
of her rigid diet and the stress that she is subject to. It has been reported that radical
physiological changes such as rapid weight loss and stress etc. can cause hair loss.
- The preferred method to diagnose the problem is by means of a
hair-pluck analysis. An alternative is a punch biopsy of the scalp. If the hair-pluck
analysis or biopsy indicates that telogen defluvium is indeed the condition, then nothing
needs to be done as the hair will most likely be grown back eventually.
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