Hair shedding is when hair falls out, while hair loss is when hair stops growing properly. Common causes for both include ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Today we're talking about alopecia ...

Jerry Shapiro, MD, discusses strategies for treating patients with scarring and nonscarring alopecia.

Simon Spichak finished his MSc at University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his ...

Postpartum hair loss can feel alarming, learn what the evidence says about when shedding peaks, what may prolong it, and when ...

Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, encompasses a group of disorders characterised by permanent hair loss due to the destruction of hair follicles and their replacement with scar tissue. This ...

Alopecia (hair loss) is a common condition for men and women. It can occur anywhere on your body but is most common on your scalp. Our dermatologists specialize in diagnosing and treating the causes ...

As a Black woman I’ve spent much of my life trying to find the balance between styling my hair and preserving it. Growing up I heard about and saw images of Black women whose hair had fallen out ...

Key Takeaways: Wearing ponytails, braids, or other tight hairstyles often may sometimes lead to traction alopecia, a type of ...