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Other Alopecias - trichotillomania / plucking. Compulsive hair pulling and plucking is known as trichotillomania. It is quite common affecting up to 2% of the population.
Other Alopecias - traction alopecia. Traction alopecia is similar to trichotillomania but occurs after using inappropriate hair styling.
Other Alopecias - physical injury. Any physical damage to the skin such as burns or frostbite may cause localized alopecia.
Other Alopecias - loose anagen hair syndrome. As the name suggests, people who have loose hair syndrome have hair that is easily pulled out by brushing or even by rubbing on a pillow at night.
Other Alopecias - congenital triangular alopecia. This form of hair loss is the result of incomplete skin development and differentiation at the temples.
Other Alopecias - aplasia cutis congenita. This form of hair loss is the result of incomplete embryonic skin development.
Other Alopecias - neoplasms / cancer. Cancer in the skin can directly destroy hair follicles. Cancers elsewhere in the body may also indirectly affect hair fiber growth.
Other Alopecias - hemochromatosis. Most people know that iron deficiency causes hair loss, but not many people know that too much iron in the body is toxic and can also cause alopecia.
Other Alopecias - permanent surgery induced alopecia. Surgery can promote alopecia at the site of incision or, in some plastic surgery procedures, extensive alopecia can develop.
Other Alopecias - celiac disease associated hair loss. Failure to follow a gluten free diet can lead to diffuse hair loss in celiac disease affected individuals.
Other Alopecias - pubic hair loss. There are many potential causes of pubic hair loss. This page gives a brief overview of factors potentially inovlved in pubic hair loss.

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
Diagnosis / Decisions. A description of what a dermatologist may do to diagnose a disease, points to consider when deciding a course of treatment, how to spot a hair disease treatment scam, and lists of hair disease diagnoses with links to relevant pages on this web site and elsewhere.

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