Article: Too much in the brush Women get to the root of hair loss.(Health & Fitness)

Byline: Susan Stevens Daily Herald Health Writer

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Unlike the receding hair line creeping over a man's scalp, hair loss sneaks up on a woman.

Maybe she sees a few more hairs in her favorite brush. Her ponytail feels skinnier. Her part widens. Eventually she notices she can see her scalp peeking through in a photograph.

Whatever the telling sign, female pattern hair loss can be traumatic. But women today are less likely to suffer in silence than a decade ago; doctors report that women increasingly are coming forward to seek remedies.

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