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Most men have some degree of baldness by age 60. After age 60, 50% of women do.
Signs & Symptoms
Causes
• Normal aging. Family history of hair loss. Hormonal changes, such as with menopause.
• A side effect of some medicines, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Crash dieting.
• A prolonged or serious illness. Major surgery. Thyroid disease.
• Areata. This causes areas of patchy hair loss. It improves quickly when treated, but can go away within 18 months without treatment.
Treatment
• Medications. These include over-the- counter Rogaine and prescribed ones.
• Hair transplant with surgery.
Questions to Ask
Question 1
Do you have redness, tenderness, swelling, and/or pain at the site of hair loss?
You should be seen by your doctor for medical advice. Contact your doctor or health care provider to find out how soon you should be seen.
Question 2
Do you have signs of hypothyroidism?
You should be seen by your doctor for medical advice. Contact your doctor or health care provider to find out how soon you should be seen.
Question 3
Has the hair loss occurred suddenly and in patches on the head? Do you have red or gray-green scales on the scalp?
You should be seen by your doctor for medical advice. Contact your doctor or health care provider to find out how soon you should be seen.
Question 4
Do you uncontrollably pull out patches of hair? Or, do you want to find out about hair loss treatments?
Call your doctor or health care provider and state the problem. He or she can decide what you should do.
Use Self-Care / Prevention:
You can probably take care of the problem yourself if you answered NO to all the questions. Use the “Self-Care” measures that are listed. Call your doctor if you don’t feel better soon, though. You may have some other problem.
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Self-Care / Prevention
• Try the over-the-counter medication, Rogaine.
• Avoid (or don’t use often) hair care practices of bleaching, braiding, cornrowing, dyeing, perming, etc. Avoid hot curling irons and/or hot rollers. Use gentle hair care products.
• Air dry or towel dry your hair. If you use a hairdryer, set it on low.
• Keep your hair cut short. It will look fuller.
• Don’t be taken in by claims for products that promise to cure baldness.
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