15 guides
Conditions
What is actually causing the shedding — and how each type behaves.
- Androgenetic Alopecia: Complete GuideAndrogenetic alopecia affects 50% of men by 50 and 75% of women over 65. Learn causes, diagnosis (98% accurate trichoscopy), treatments with 83-87% response rates, a
- Telogen Effluvium: Causes and Recovery TimelineTelogen effluvium causes sudden hair shedding 2-3 months after stress. 95% recover fully within 6 months. Learn triggers, timeline, and when to expect regrowth.
- Alopecia Areata: Types, Treatment, and OutlookAlopecia areata causes patchy hair loss when immune cells attack follicles. 30-50% recover spontaneously. Learn about JAK inhibitors, types, and prognosis.
- Traction Alopecia: Prevention and TreatmentTraction alopecia affects 1 in 3 Black women who wear tight hairstyles. Learn to spot early warning signs before damage becomes permanent. Prevention guide.
- Diffuse Thinning vs. Pattern Baldness: How to Tell the Difference (2026 Guide)Is your hair thinning all over or in a pattern? Learn to tell the difference between diffuse thinning, DUPA, and pattern baldness. Critical for transplant decisions.
- Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: Complete Guide to Symptoms, Causes & Treatment (2026)Frontal fibrosing alopecia causes permanent hairline recession and eyebrow loss. Learn symptoms, treatment options, and why early diagnosis matters for this scarring
- Scarring Alopecia Types and Management: Complete GuideScarring alopecia permanently destroys hair follicles. Learn about LPP, CCCA, FFA, diagnosis with trichoscopy, and treatments to stop progression early.
- Hair Loss After COVID: What Research ShowsCOVID-19 triggers hair loss in 24-85% of patients 2-3 months after infection. Learn why it happens, how long it lasts, and what helps recovery.
- Stress-Related Hair Loss: Complete Recovery GuideStress triggers hair loss through cortisol and HPA axis activation. Learn the 2-3 month delay, 6-12 month recovery timeline, and proven management strategies.
- Male vs Female Pattern Hair Loss: Key Differences ExplainedMale pattern hair loss involves recession and crown thinning; female pattern causes diffuse thinning with hairline preserved. Learn why treatments differ.
- JAK Inhibitors for Alopecia Areata: Baricitinib, Ritlecitinib and Deuruxolitinib, Trial by TrialBaricitinib, ritlecitinib and deuruxolitinib trials for severe alopecia areata: 38.8% reached SALT 20 or less at week 36. Boxed warning, labs, relapse.
- Chemotherapy Hair Loss: Which Drugs Cause It, What Scalp Cooling Achieves, and the Regrowth TimelineWhich chemo drugs cause hair loss, what scalp cooling achieves (50.5% hair-preservation success in the SCALP trial), regrowth timing + persistent alopecia.
- Hair Loss in Teenagers: What Is Usually Going On, and What the Evidence Supports at 15 to 19Why teenagers lose hair at 15-19: pattern loss, effluvium, alopecia areata, traction. Familial AGA reached 72.8% in one cohort. Red flags inside.
- Seasonal Hair Shedding: Why Hair Falls More in Late Summer and Autumn, and When It Is Something ElseHair really does shed more in late summer: shed hairs peaked around August/September at about 60 per day in one cohort. When it is something else.
- Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder): How It Is Diagnosed, What Treatment Has Trial Evidence, and Whether the Hair Grows BackHow dermatologists diagnose hair-pulling disorder, which treatments have trial evidence (76% responded to habit reversal training), and whether hair regrows.