Hair loss

Hair loss

The thinning of hair on the scalp and associated prevention and treatment.

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Ageing

Health care; Hair loss

The process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated.

Alopecia

Health care; Hair loss

Baldness. There are many types of alopecia, each with a different cause. Alopecia may be localised to the front and top of the head as in common male pattern baldness. It may be patchy as in a ...

Pertaining to the development of male characteristics, including body hair, the genital organs and muscle mass. "Androgenic" is the adjective form of the noun "androgen," a word referring to any of ...

Alopecia areata

Health care; Hair loss

A patchy baldness which typically begins with patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes progresses to complete baldness and even loss of body hair. The hair loss tends to be rather rapid and ...

Zinc

Health care; Hair loss

A mineral essential to the body, zinc is a constituent of many enzymes that permit chemical reactions to proceed at normal rates. It is involved in the manufacture of protein (protein synthesis) and ...

Weight loss

Health care; Hair loss

Weight loss is a decrease in body weight resulting from either voluntary (diet, exercise) or involuntary (illness) circumstances. Most instances of weight loss arise due to the loss of body fat, but ...

Vitamins

Health care; Hair loss

The word "vitamin" was coined in 1911 by the Warsaw-born biochemist Casimir Funk (1884-1967). At the Lister Institute in London, Funk isolated a substance that prevented nerve inflammation (neuritis) ...