One sufferer, Valerie Vanone, joined HuffPost Live recently to share her story of fighting trichotillomania, which began at age 12 and eventually pushed her to leave school to be able to seek treatment. Vanone, who began pulling out as a preteen her eyelashes before escalating to pulling hair directly from her scalp, did not seek [...]
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Millions of men and women across the country are worried about hair loss. Losing their hair makes them feel self-conscious, awkward, and physically repulsive. In the worst-case scenario, fear they will end up looking like trolls, like Danny DeVito. But the scary truth is that there may be even more serious ramifications than a vague [...]
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Hair loss occurs fairly often in people over the age of 30. Hair loss is usually harmless by itself, but sometimes it could be a symptom of a more dangerous health condition. Some hair loss is caused by vitamin deficiencies or chemotherapy if you are receiving treatment for cancer. If you consult a doctor immediately [...]
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Anyone, man, woman or child, can experience the onset of excessive hair loss. What may start as a few extra hairs left in the brush can escalate to handfuls of hair being left on the pillow overnight. While a certain amount of hair shedding is normal the sudden onset of accelerated hair loss can be [...]
When it comes to hair loss, by far the most common type is male pattern baldness, also called androgenic alopecia. Although men are the most common sufferers of this, women, too, can have hair loss it’s also androgenic alopecia — called, in this case, “female pattern baldness.” It’s just much more infrequent. Regardless of who [...]
If you’ve got cancer, no doubt you’re scared. Your world has been turned upside down, and you have months of what can be pretty rigorous treatment ahead of you as you fight this disease. Although it may not seem like it at first glance, one of the most devastating effects of chemotherapy can be the [...]
More and more average people are suffering from stress every day of their lives. Chances are great that you will experience stress in your life at some point. Hair loss often happens alongside other symptoms of stress and possibly affect you in different ways. You might lose some of your hair or all of it, [...]
When you notice hair loss you often wonder what the causes may be. While genetic predisposition is an obvious reason, there are others to consider. Thyroid disease is one of the potential causes of hair loss. What to do 1. It is important to visit your doctor if you suddenly have significant hair loss. A [...]
Hair loss can be a painful subject to deal with. Many men and women are affected by it. While many times we cannot control the reasons for it, sometimes we can isolate the cause of the problem. Then the result is from medication taking the steps to change our medication can help to reverse the [...]
Before Gastric bypass surgery, most people consume about 3,000 to 5,000 calories per day but after surgery their food intake drastically drops to 300 to 600 calories per day. This can put the body into thinking that something is wrong. Your body will then function only to support your vital organs so your hair gets [...]