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Hair loss

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

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Surgery

Health care; Hair loss

The word "surgery" has multiple meanings. It is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions which require or are amenable to operative procedures. Surgery is the work done by a ...

Stress

Health care; Hair loss

Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can help us learn and grow. Conversely, stress can cause us significant problems.

Seborrheic dermatitis

Health care; Hair loss

A medical name for what is popularly called seborrhea.

Strain

Health care; Hair loss

1. An injury to a tendon or muscle resulting from overuse or trauma. 2. A hereditary tendency that originated from a common ancestor. 3. To exert maximum effort. 4. To filter.

Resting phase

Health care; Hair loss

More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be distinguished, interphase was once thought to be the resting ...

Psychiatrist

Health care; Hair loss

A physician (an M. D. ) who specialises in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. Psychiatrists must receive additional training and serve a supervised residency in their ...

Puberty

Health care; Hair loss

A complex biologic and psychologic process involving sexual development, accelerated growth, and adrenal maturation heralded by the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) from a part of ...

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