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Article: Hair we grow again - the bald facts Hair loss, traditionally a problem for men, has become a female nightmare of the Nineties, writes Susanna Cohen
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1998
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Men have always had to put up with hair loss but now more women
are having to face the same fate. No one said that life for women in
a post-feminist world was going to be easy, and the increasing
incidence of female hair loss is showing how tough the going is.
Dr Hugh Rushton is a pioneer in the treatment of hair loss. In
the past, 40 per cent of his patients were women - a figure which has
risen to 60 per cent today.
"The majority of scalp hair problems are non life-threatening, and
as a consequence the progress of hair research has been relatively
slow over the past 50 years", say Rushton. Hair loss can have a
serious adverse effect on quality of life but more women are now
seeking ...
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