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January 8, 2009

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Hair Loss Index

Featured: Hair Loss Main Article
There are many causes of scalp hair loss. This featured article covers the common ones such as patchy hair loss (alopecia areata, trichotillomania, and tinea capitis), telogen effluvium, and androgenetic alopecia (male-pattern baldness, female-pattern baldness).

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finasteride-oral (hair growth), Propecia

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