In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. “It’s a very, very common complaint,” said Gonzalez, an assistant ...

Some women may shed more than men, but this depends on genetics, stress levels, hormonal changes, styling preferences, and health status. Research shows that men are more likely to experience genetic ...

Autoimmune disease hair loss can happen with alopecia areata, lupus, thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and scalp psoriasis. Each disease has different effects, ...

If you’ve started to notice the early signs of hair loss, it’s easy to wonder what’s causing you to shed hair. Telogen effluvium and androgenetic alopecia are two common forms of hair loss. One causes ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Today we're talking about alopecia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like many things, hair loss isn't one-size-fits all. And that's especially true in terms of where it occurs on the head. Maybe you ...

There can be six different types of hair loss. Ranging in reasons for hair loss from genetics to tight hairstyles like braids, cornrows or pulling it into a bun, knowing what type of hair loss you ...

Alison Richards first noticed her long, blond hair began to thin and then fall out in her 20s. "There was one day in the shower where I just had hundreds of strands of hair, like fistfuls of hair ...

Hair oils are big business. And, here’s the deal: whether they’ll work for you will depend on so many factors that it’s nearly impossible to bow down and give all of that credit to castor oil and ...

I spoke to board-certified dermatologists about how to tell the difference between hair loss and shedding. Experts also share ...

This alarming side effect is pretty common, but the shedding won’t last forever, experts say.