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Diagnosis / Decisions - your dermatologist. An overview of what your dermatologist may do when diagnosing a hair disease.
Diagnosis / Decisions - thyroid hormone tests. An overview of thyroid hormone tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - anti-nuclear antibody tests. An overview of antinuclear antibody tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - iron and ferritin tests. An overview of iron and ferritin tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - vitamin and mineral tests. An overview of vitamin and mineral tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - fungal infection tests. An overview of hair and scalp fungal infection tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hormone tests in women. An overview of steroidal hormone and androgen antagonist tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss in women.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hormone tests in men. An overview of steroidal hormone and androgen antagonist tests and their contribution to understanding hair loss in men.
Diagnosis / Decisions - other blood test normal ranges. A large table listing the normal ranges for analytes examined in blood tests and not described on other pages.
Diagnosis / Decisions - blood cell count ranges. Some tables listing the normal ranges for blood cell counts.
Diagnosis / Decisions - other test normal ranges. Some tables listing the normal ranges for analytes examined in urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and liver function tests.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hair pull test. A hair pull test is a simple technique that dermatologists may use to characterize a patient's hair loss situation.
Diagnosis / Decisions - trichogram and unit area trichogram tests. The trichogram is a simple but reliable method to quantify the hair loss state while the unit area trichogram provides more detailed information useful for research studies.
Diagnosis / Decisions - phototrichogram and digital phototrichogram tests. The phototrichogram is a noninvasive test to define hair growth and hair loss. The digital phototrichogram is a recent development that simplifies and speeds up the analysis process.
Diagnosis / Decisions - global photographs. Global photographs record the overall hair density for a patient. They are a popular method of evaluating hair loss in the general dermatology clinic and they can be developed into a highly accurate method of analysis for use in study hair loss treatments.
Diagnosis / Decisions - skin biopsy. Sometimes, when a hair loss or hair growth defect diagnosis is in doubt, a dermatologist may ask to biopsy the affected area of skin to examine the hair follicles under a microscope.
Diagnosis / Decisions - treatment decisions. Many people Email me asking for advice on what treatment to use. I can not and do not advise on treatments over the Internet, but this article may help in your decision.
Diagnosis / Decisions - spot a scam. There are many scams and schemes selling unproven hair loss treatments. This article may help you avoid wasting money on improbable treatments.
Diagnosis / Decisions - recommended dermatologists. A short list of dermatologists with hair disease experience either known to me or as recommended by their patients.
Diagnosis / Decisions - alopecias table. A list of diseases and web links involving hair loss.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hypotrichosis table. A list of diseases and web links involving a lack of hair growth.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hair defects table. A list of diseases and web links involving defective hair fiber production.
Diagnosis / Decisions - hypertrichosis table. A list of diseases and web links involving excessive hair growth
Diagnosis / Decisions - hirsutism table. A list of diseases and web links involving excessive hair growth in response to androgenic hormones
Diagnosis / Decisions - hypopigmentation table. A list of diseases and web links involving reduction or complete loss of hair pigmentation.

Bookstore - dermatology / hair disease books. Links to the online internet bookstore Amazon.com for books about hair and hair diseases primarily written for dermatologists, trichologists and those in related professions

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