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Article: Learn to treat female pattern baldness with ease
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- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Replace subjectivity with objectivity for diagnosis, management
New Orleans - Lack of exposure to female pattern baldness, plus an array of differential diagnoses, causes dermatologists to squirm when confronted with a case, says Jeffrey Miller, M.D, associate professor of dermatology, Penn State's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. He advises doctors to put themselves and patients at ease by developing an objective approach to diagnosis, treatment and management.
Female pattern hair loss is as common as hereditary hair loss in men, affecting nearly 50 million women in the United States alone, but few seek treatment.
The dermatologist explains, "For men, baldness is socially ...