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Hair braids and hair extensions can cause baldness |
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Having hair extensions or braids is very fashionable and desirable these days, but many people don’t know that they can result in permanent hair loss.
This type of hair loss is called Traction Alopecia and results from a constant strain being put on the hair that has been tightly woven or twisted. This constant pulling of [...] |
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Androgenetic alopecia reveals an ovarian secreting tumor |
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In this case in Tunisia, a 75 year-old menopausal woman was found to be suffering from male pattern baldness, otherwise known as androgenetic alopecia.
What made her case unusual is that she never suffered from virilization as well, which is the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female. The reason the two are associated [...] |
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Eyelash hair transplants offer a permanent solution to thin eyelashes |
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Women have a new permanent option for having thicker and longer eyelashes. A new type of hair transplant has been developed specifically to transplant hair follicles to the eyelids.
Fox News has all the details.
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Effects of finasteride on hair loss and acne in women |
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland wanted to find out if women with acne or hair loss who have normal serum levels of free testosterone can benefit from finasteride, the hair loss drug also known as Propecia.
These women had no clinical improvement from the classical treatments with antiandrogens, isotretinoids or corticosteroids. Their hypothesis was that some of these [...] |
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How cancer patients can prepare themselves for hair loss |
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Hair loss is a psychologically traumatic experience for women receiving chemotherapy. In this cancer podcast, the Oncology Podcasting news team meets with Kelly Hasenei, owner of A Perfect Fit, a specialty women’s wig boutique. She discusses how women can prepare themselves for this experience with the use of wigs and other headwear.
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