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To diagnose hair loss, use a systematic approach including history, exams, and tests.

Use "female pattern hair loss" term, assess androgen excess, treat with minoxidil and other medications if needed.

A woman's sudden hair loss three years after a bone marrow transplant was a sign of chronic graft-versus-host disease but improved with treatment.

The article concludes that understanding the causes of hair loss and using continuous treatments like minoxidil and finasteride can help manage it, despite potential side effects.

Accurate diagnosis is key for treating different kinds of hair loss, and immune response variations may affect the condition and treatment results.

Middle-aged women with chronic telogen effluvium experience increased hair shedding but usually don't get significantly thinner hair.

A woman's hair loss was misdiagnosed as alopecia areata but was actually lichen planopilaris, needing immediate and ongoing treatment.

Understanding normal hair growth and loss in children is key to diagnosing and treating hair disorders.

The document says that hair loss in women is often due to androgenic alopecia, similar to male baldness, and that hirsutism is treated with hormonal and cosmetic methods.

Women with certain types of hair loss may have low iron levels.

Lower adrenal hormone levels may cause hair loss in postmenopausal women, certain patterns help diagnose nail cancer, and a gene variant linked to higher skin cancer risk in kidney transplant patients suggests monitoring folate levels.

Oral contraceptives may cause significant hair loss in women.

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune hair loss condition treated with corticosteroids, and histologic confirmation is the best diagnosis method.

Psoriasis can cause temporary or permanent hair loss.

Mycophenolate mofetil may improve symptoms and stop hair loss in Lichen planopilaris, but more research is needed.

Hair loss due to syphilis can be identified using trichoscopy and is treatable with antibiotics.

The conclusion is that androgenetic alopecia and senescent alopecia have unique gene changes, suggesting different causes and potential treatments for these hair loss types.

Hair loss from Telogen Effluvium can be managed by treating the underlying cause and may improve with treatments like minoxidil.

A woman experienced temporary hair loss after jaw surgery due to the stress of the operation.

Trichoscopy is effective for diagnosing and monitoring female pattern hair loss.

Some blood thinners and blood pressure medicines can cause hair loss, which usually starts 1 to 6 months after beginning the medication.

Madarosis is the loss of eyelashes and eyebrows due to various health issues and requires thorough examination to diagnose and treat the underlying cause.

People with HIV and low T cell counts have more hair and scalp problems.

The document concludes that a man's long hair may have helped diagnose his rare case of chronic hair shedding, for which no treatment is advised.

The document concludes that low-dose oral minoxidil successfully regrew hair in a patient with permanent hair loss after chemotherapy and stem cell transplant.

The "color-transition sign" helps tell apart alopecia areata incognita from telogen effluvium by looking at hair color changes.

A rare scalp infection in a 66-year-old woman was successfully treated, leading to full hair regrowth.

Mixing platelet-rich plasma with triamcinolone acetonide can potentially improve hair regrowth in alopecia areata patients.

Most treatments for lichen planopilaris were found to be generally unsatisfactory.

Skin changes can help diagnose and manage endocrine disorders like thyroid problems, diabetes, and adrenal gland conditions.