Detection of Hair Fall and Scalp Disorders Through Machine Learning and Image Processing
November 2025
in “
Kufa Journal of Engineering
”
Studysummary This study explored deep learning's potential in diagnosing scalp conditions like alopecia, psoriasis, and folliculitis, using a two-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network, achieving high accuracy and precision despite challenges of a small and uneven dataset.
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This study explores the use of deep learning, specifically a two-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), to detect scalp conditions like alopecia, psoriasis, and folliculitis from images. Despite challenges such as limited literature, a small dataset of 150 images, and varying image quality, the CNN achieved a training accuracy of 96.2% and a validation accuracy of 91.1%. The research highlights the potential of AI in early diagnosis of hair and scalp disorders and introduces a new scalp scan dataset to aid future studies in developing AI-driven diagnostic tools.
