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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hairfall

I'm a having a severe hair fall.. i was not like this before.. even if im not brushing my hair still hair keeps on falling.. when i say severe hair fall it means as in more than 100 hairs a day. I have thick healthy hair, i eat fruits and vegetable and i even take Vitamin E every night for my skin.
Do I have cancer?
age: 25
weight: 156 pounds
medical hx: unidentified PID, UTI
Wed, 11 Feb 2015
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Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic

Hair fall can be due to various causes. Common causes being androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium.
Androgenetic alopecia is associated with gradual receding hair line in males as well as thinning and hair fall from frontal and crown part of the scalp.
Family history is usually positive in androgenetic alopecia.
Telogen effluvium on the other hand is due to shifting of hair follicle from anagen(growth phase) to telogen (shedding phase). Once hair enters teolgen it will be shed over the next 2-3 months.
Various triggering factors responsible for shifting hair from anagen to telogen are either dietary like deficient Iron stores; preceding illness like dengue, malaria, jaundice; preceding surgery; post-partum etc.
Treatment would vary depending on the diagnosis.
Treatment options include topical minoxidil and Oral finasteride for androgenetic alopecia and topical minoxidil along with biotin supplement for telogen effluium.
I suggest that you seek an appointment with a dermatologist in your region for the needful.

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hairfall

Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic Hair fall can be due to various causes. Common causes being androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium. Androgenetic alopecia is associated with gradual receding hair line in males as well as thinning and hair fall from frontal and crown part of the scalp. Family history is usually positive in androgenetic alopecia. Telogen effluvium on the other hand is due to shifting of hair follicle from anagen(growth phase) to telogen (shedding phase). Once hair enters teolgen it will be shed over the next 2-3 months. Various triggering factors responsible for shifting hair from anagen to telogen are either dietary like deficient Iron stores; preceding illness like dengue, malaria, jaundice; preceding surgery; post-partum etc. Treatment would vary depending on the diagnosis. Treatment options include topical minoxidil and Oral finasteride for androgenetic alopecia and topical minoxidil along with biotin supplement for telogen effluium. I suggest that you seek an appointment with a dermatologist in your region for the needful. Regards