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Title
Help Women Get to the Root of Hair Loss.
Abstract
The article discusses the types and the treatment of hair loss in women. According to dermatologist Amy J. McMichael of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, women experience different types of hair loss like the female pattern hair loss which is hereditary, telogen effluvium wherein hair in the telogen increases, and the autoimmune type alopecia areata. Meanwhile, the treatment ranges from topical medications like Minoxidil to injectable and topical steroids.