Alopecia or hair loss is a common reason why patients, male and female make an appointment to see us. Hair loss can cause a lot of anxiety for many people. Medical conditions need to be excluded as a cause of hair loss. In many cases the hair loss is self-limiting. In other people it is inherited such as in male pattern baldness and female pattern thinning. Newer, more effective medical treatments are becoming increasingly available as more research is done globally.
