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Hair disorders, Hair disorders is a broad category that includes the following conditions:Alopecia: the loss or thinning of hair. There are two types of alopecia: scarring, in which hair follicles are destroyed, and nonscarring, which can be reversed.Male-pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia): This is the most prominent type of hair disorder affecting, to varying degrees, half of all men over 50 years of age.Hirsutism: excessive male-pattern hair growth affecting 8% of adult women.Hair shaft disorders: usually hereditary abnormalities.
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