Patient Education Information

Hair Loss and Its Causes - Good information from Your Family Doctor about all aspects of hair loss, it includes illustrations.

Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects: Hair Loss (Alopecia) - The National Cancer Institute offers these tips.

What is Alopecia Areata? - The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has prepared this fact sheet.

What to Do about Hair Loss (Alopecia) - More from the National Cancer Institute.

Best Rx Options for Hair Loss in Women - The American Academy of Dermatology offers this information for women.

Good Hair Care May Head off Hair Loss - Great tips, from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Hair Loss - Detailed information on baldness signs, symptoms, treatments and coping strategies from the Mayo Clinic.

Hair Loss and Cancer Treatment - The American Cancer Society offers this information.

Hair Loss Glossary - Excellent glossary courtesy of Follicle.com

Hair Loss and Alopecia Areata - These pamphlets are from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Hair Loss and Teens - KidsHealth has written this information just for teens.

Hair Replacement- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons tells how hair replacement works.

Hair Restoration - This information comes from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Lavender - Hear from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine about using lavender to help with hair loss problems.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Pregnancy and Hair Loss - Learn more about the connections at this site from the American Pregnancy Association.