Causes
Causes of alopecia include:
- Alopecia mucinosa
- Androgenic alopecia
- Chronic inflammation
- Diabetes
- Dissecting cellulitis
- Fungal infections (such as tinea capitis)
- Hair treatments (chemicals in relaxers, hair straighteners)
- Hereditary disorders
- Hormonal changes
- Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
- Hypervitaminosis A
- Iron deficiency or malnutrition in general
- Lupus erythematosus
- Medications (side effects from drugs, including chemotherapy, anabolic steroids, and birth control pills)
- Pseudopelade of Brocq
- Radiation therapy
- Scalp infection
- Secondary syphilis
- Telogen effluvium
- Traction alopecia
- Trichotillomania
- Tufted folliculitis
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