If youve been diagnosed with alopecia (or suspect you have it), you may be wondering if your hair will grow back. The answer depends on whether you have scarring alopecia or nonscarring alopecia. With ...

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 ...

Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, encompasses a group of disorders characterised by permanent hair loss due to the destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with scar tissue. This ...

Hair loss significantly impacts patients' quality of life, and it may be nonscarring or scarring. Etiologically, hair loss may be hereditary (androgenetic alopecia [AGA]); related to age; congenital ...

Crystal Aguh, MD, FAAD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty, highlights the critical need for comprehensive education on hair loss across diverse hair types, stressing the importance of ...

Hair grooming practices, such as braids and weaves, as well as inflammation in the form of bacterial infection, may be contributing to the development of scarring hair loss in African American women, ...

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Alopecia (hair loss) is a common condition for men and women. It can occur anywhere on your body but is most common on your scalp. Our dermatologists specialize in diagnosing and treating the causes ...