Long a mystery and short on treatments, this is a condition that renders the entire body hairless. But one small study shows hope in a psoriasis medication.

To picture someone with alopecia universalis, think of the performers in the popular Blue Man Group company, just minus the blue body paint. They have no hair, and while they perform clothed, you get the sense they have an otherworldly hairlessness all over.

Alopecia universalis is that: a universal loss of…

Exercise and the lack thereof affects hair and scalp health. Looking at it more broadly, you want to feed your hair and reduce stress, which exercise can do.

When we think about living a healthy life, we think about exercise and diet. But it surprises people that exercise not only can flatten a stomach and bulge a bicep, but also increase the quality and quantity of hair on their heads. Just imagine, investing time in improving exercise and diet early can save you a bundle at…

The introduction of a new, FDA-approved hair loss drug is a breakthrough for millions of people suffering from severe alopecia areata.

Two hair loss treatments with approval from the Food and Drug Administration have restored hair loss to millions of people for a generation. But those medications, Finasteride (Propecia and Proscar brands) and Minoxidil (Rogaine brand and others), had some limitations, including fewer applications for the…

Just as one exercises and follows good nutrition habits to ensure a healthier body and skin, there are proactive ways to ensure stronger, healthier hair.

Women’s hair loss conditions have become more prevalent in recent years. Many hair loss treatment clinics specialize in women’s hair loss solutions. While much of hair loss is…

To understand how FUE is an advancement in hair replacement, it helps to know what came before it. Plus, it corrects the maddening injustice of hairy backs as the noggin goes hairless.

The irony of hair loss – in particular, male pattern baldness (also known as androgenic alopecia), but also various hair loss causes affecting men and women alike – is that there remains a lot of hair elsewhere on the body and scalp. It’s just not where you want it, and it increases with age.…

Promising discoveries in laboratories increase our understanding of what leads to hair loss. But for now, finasteride and minoxidil are what works.

Since ancient times, the search for a cure for baldness – hair loss – has been a relentless pursuit. Julius Caesar himself perfected the comb-forward look, topped by a laurel crown, to mask his thin locks. It wasn’t convincing. He didn’t have the choice of hair loss solutions that men and women have nowadays, such as…

You bet there is. Diabetes, in both the Type I and Type II forms, is a tax on the entire body, leading to organ damage – including to hair-feeding blood vessels.

“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” go the lyrics in the movie Mary Poppins, the nanny with magical powers. But too much sugar might be the reason someone needs medicine in the first place. It also might be the cause of hair loss.

What? Ice cream on cake causes hair loss? Donuts with…

Stress both physical and emotional can cause a particular kind of hair shedding that is alarming. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic is one of many causes.

If you are losing hair suddenly, at a rapid rate, and you’ve suffered from COVID-19, you likely are experiencing telogen effluvium (TE). This is a type of hair loss that is usually temporary, but common in the wake of physiological or psychological stress – perhaps not just from exposure to the coronavirus, but to the fear that…

Quick answer: Yes, hair extensions (maybe you call them wiglets or hair toppers) can work for different types of hair loss conditions in women and men.

Hair loss comes in all shapes and sizes, in varying degrees, in temporary (illness-related) and permanent conditions, and it happens to both women and men. How the individual responds to it is unique as well – but a large portion of the public does not realize the range of hair loss…

The demands that pregnancy puts on a woman’s body – and sometimes her emotional state – can take a toll in many ways, including her hair health.

Ah, the joys and quandaries of motherhood. It begins with all the hormonal changes in pregnancy, the stress of the life changes, and matter of eating for two (or three, or even more in multiple-child pregnancies).

And then there’s the matter of hair. Most women and couples don’t consider that having a child could possibly…

When a person is confronting a tough health problem, the loss of hair generally makes things worse. But there are ways to handle chemo hair loss.

A cancer diagnosis is almost always devastating, but to be clear almost 40 percent of all men and women in the US will experience cancer sometimes in their lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. On a more positive note, the risk of dying from cancer has dropped dramatically in the past 30 years, by 32 percent since…

While disturbing to adults, hair loss in children is common. It can happen for a variety of reasons, so getting an early diagnosis is probably the best advice.

Yes, children’s hair loss is a real thing. It’s one thing for a man in his 30s to start losing his hair. It’s quite something else when it’s his grade-school child who is suffering one of any of a number of…

Recent research shows a poor, high-fat diet can impair hair follicles and thin one’s hair. The good news: Diet, unlike genetics, is in the control of the individual.

“Old, fat, and bald.” It’s a cliché disparagement that is an unkind indictment, yet commonly used in an appearance-conscious world.

And while the three are associated with each other as if the individual has committed grand aesthetic sins, they have more than a correlative relationship. There is some…

Does a draw on a Marlboro cause balding? Can we blame a Newport or Camel cigarette for hair loss? Will a Kool be not so cool for your appearance? Science weighs in.

Of COURSE smoking is deleterious to hair health. You find this surprising?

Since the early 1960s, some would say decades before that, it’s been understood that tobacco smoke is damaging to the lungs and heart. In more recent years the association between cigarettes and cancers in several parts…

Does the presence of more dihydrotestosterone, derived from testosterone, mean that manly men tend to be bald? Maybe yes, maybe no. It’s not straightforward.

If you study the effects of the male sex hormone DHT – the initials representing dihydrotestosterone – it brings up fascinating claims on the Internet about the relationship between virility and balding.

Most of it tends to be bunk, equating virility with balding. Not that there isn’t a relationship between…

Genetics most often causes balding and bald spots, but infections and autoimmune diseases are sometimes at fault. Fortunately, there are many cures.

There are multiple disease conditions that can lead to women and men’s hair loss – some permanent, most temporary – and it should be no surprise that those of a dermatological nature are a bit easier to spot. After all, the…

It’s hard to watch television for any length of time without seeing advertising for hair loss solutions. By their nature, they promote a product or treatment therapy that can halt hair loss, reverse it, or replace the hair that is otherwise gone for good.

It’s hard to watch television for any length of time without seeing advertising for hair loss solutions. By their nature, they promote a product or treatment therapy that can halt hair…

It can be a case of having too much or too little T. And unfortunately, the drive towards one type of masculine characteristic comes at the expense of hair.

We live in a world with a great deal of folklore, particularly where it comes to the age-old problem of hair loss and hair loss solutions.

“It’s from your mother’s genetic line,” say some (sometimes yes, sometimes not). “It’s from wearing those ridiculous hats,” say…

Whether through a salon or through products purchased for use at home, hair products can damage hair, even lead to hair loss. Watch for these ingredients.

In the pursuit of naturally beautiful hair, Americans subject their hair follicles to a lot of substances that can actually harm them. This includes the possibility – probability, even – that these substances cause hair loss in both men and women.

Every city in America features multiple clinics specializing in…

The heat is on! But what provides a good style for today – with hot curlers, dryers, and irons – could mean hair loss and breakage tomorrow. Proceed with caution.

Male and female hair loss can be caused by many factors. One might be poor nutrition, another is genetics, while traction alopecia can result from a hairstyle that pulls hair and damages the roots. One…