This Week's Topic: Teaching about Hair Loss
Welcome
This website was created for individuals with all types of hair loss, their families and friends and the health care professionals who care for them.
There are well over one hundred reasons why an individual might be losing hair. Some of these are common and others are exceedingly rare. The correct diagnosis is important because treatments can be vastly different for different types of hair loss. For example, a certain medication might help one hair loss condition but yet have no effect or even worsen another hair loss condition. Similarly, hair transplantation will restore hair density in some hair loss conditions yet have absolutely no effect in other conditions.
Regardless of the reason, individuals with hair loss may experience feelings of increased self-consciousness, embarrassment, loss of self esteem and even feelings of depression. Some are profoundly troubled by their hair loss, while others are bothered very little or not at all.
Support groups are available for patients with certain types of hair loss such as alopecia areata or cicatricial alopecia. A variety of internet support groups have been created in the past few years.
I hope this site provides you with helpful information in your search to understand more about hair loss. Be sure to visit the Learning Centre to learn more about hair loss, read about the latest research or ask a specific question about hair loss.
Each week, I write a blog about some current aspect of hair loss. However, the information on this website changes daily as new information about hair loss accumulates from around the world. Be sure to check back with us frequently.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jeff Donovan
Toronto, Canada.
