Similar Articles

  • Shedding: How to manage a common cause of hair loss

    Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD and Fabiane Mulinari-Brenner, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2001, 68 (3) 256-261;

    • Shedding is not a disease, but it sometimes is a sign of a disease.

  • Hair loss: Diagnosis and management

    Fabiane Mulinari-Brenner, MD and Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2003, 70 (8) 705-712;

    • Alopecia is distressing, and we should not underestimate its importance, either as a cosmetic problem or as a sign of a potentially serious underlying condition.

  • Patchy hair loss on the scalp

    Matthew F. Helm, Joseph Housel, MD and Ilene Rothman, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7) 472-473;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11129

    • A 12-year-old girl has a large, irregular area of hair loss. What is going on?

  • Sudden hair loss associated with trachyonychia

    Sergio Vañó-Galván, MD, Sonsoles Aboín, MD, Sonio Beà-Ardebol, MD and Juan Luis Santiago Sánchez-Mateos, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2008, 75 (8) 567-568;

    • A 30-year-old woman has been having episodes of sudden hair loss in well-demarcated areas of her scalp for the past 6 months. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • TOC Icon

    Diffuse hair loss: Its triggers and management

    Shannon Harrison, MBBS, MMed and Wilma Bergfeld, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2009, 76 (6) 361-367;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08080

    • Triggers include a wide variety of physical or emotional stresses, nutritional deficiencies, and endocrine imbalances. Finding the cause enables appropriate treatment.

  • Male and female pattern hair loss: Treatable and worth treating

    Nina L. Tamashunas, BS and Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, FAAD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 173-182;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20014

    • Early recognition and treatment can help preserve as much hair as possible.

  • Common electrolyte imbalance, uncommon cause

    Saurav Shishir Agrawal, MD, DM, Sunil Kumar, MD, N. K. Soni, MD and Swati Paliwal, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2025, 92 (1) 13-15;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24013

    • A 47-year-old woman presented with 10 days of weakness, wide purple striae on the abdomen, and hyperpigmentation on the knuckles.

  • Recurrent pregnancy loss: Evaluation and discussion of the causes and their management

    Robert Kiwi, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2006, 73 (10) 913-921;

    • Women who miscarry two or more consecutive pregnancies deserve an evaluation to look for the cause, which sometimes can be treated.

  • Physician’s guide to popular low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets

    George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, Judy C.C. Phillips, MS, RD and Susan Morreale, CHES
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2001, 68 (9) 761-774;

    • These diets can take pounds off fast but usually fail in the long term and can jeopardize health.

  • Corkscrew hairs

    Kaitlin A. Vogt, BLA and Julia S. Lehman, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 216;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14135

    • Scurvy is not a disease of the past: 18% of Americans don’t get enough vitamin C.

Previous
Next