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Article: Female Hair Loss: Don't Delay Search for Cause.(Brief Article)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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NAPLES, FLA. -- When a woman has hair loss, don't wait to start the search for the cause, Dr. Lynn Drake advised at the annual meeting of the Florida Society of Dermatology.
Early diagnosis is particularly important when hair loss is associated with endocrine disease. Even when the underlying endocrine condition is identified and treated, hair regrowth may not be complete, although hair loss will end, said Dr. Drake, chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
The cause of hair loss can be determined in about 70% of affected women, and most of those can be treated successfully. Resist the urge to tell ...